The late Miocene vertebrate locality of Perivolaki, Thessaly, Greece: 11. Palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 276, Issue 1-6, 2006, Pages 201-221

  Koufos, George D ^a   Merceron, Gildas ^b   Kostopoloulos, Dimitris S ^a   Vlachou, Theodora D ^a   Sylvestrou, Ioanna A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental microwear; Greece; Mammal locality; Palaeoecology; Paleobiogeography; Perivolaki

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

GREECE; THESSALY;

EID: 33751000459     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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