Late Neogene stratigraphy, biochronology, faunal diversity and environments of South-West Bulgaria (Struma River Valley)

Geodiversitas

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-498

  Spassov, Nikolaï ^a   Tzankov, Tzanko ^b   Geraads, Denis ^c  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b SOUTH WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Biochronofogy; Bulgaria; Fossil mammals; Late neogene; Orycteropus; Paleoenvironment; Rhinocerotidae; Stratigraphy; Turolian; Vallesian

Indexed keywords

GAZELLA; GIRAFFIDAE; HIPPARION; HIPPARION MACEDONICUM; MAMMALIA; ORYCTEROPUS; PALAEOREAS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; VALLESIA;

EID: 33749660937     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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