A new bovid, asoletragus gentryi n. gen. et sp., from Monte tuttavista (Orosei, Eastern Sardinia, Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-471

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a   Valli, Andrea M F ^b   Arca, Marisa ^c   Tuveri, Caterinella ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

^c Ufficio Operativo di Nuoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asoletragus n. gen.; Bovidae; Late pliocene early pleistocene; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HORN; KARST; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RUMINANT; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MONTE TUTTAVISTA; NUORO; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOVIDAE; CAPRINAE;

EID: 33845643594     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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