Poggio Rosso (Upper Valdarno, Central Italy), a window on latest pliocene wildlife

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 493-498

  Mazza, Paul P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PLIOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; VALDARNO BASIN;

MAMMALIA; PACHYCROCUTA; PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 33750211956     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.P05-033R     Document Type: Article

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