What is the boundary for the Quaternary period and Pleistocene epoch? The contribution of turnover patterns in large mammalian complexes from north-western Mediterranean to the debate

Quaternaire

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-53

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large mammals; North Western Mediterranean; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TURNOVER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARTEMISIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; EQUUS; MAMMALIA; PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS; PANTHERA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 34247846350     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.982     Document Type: Article

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