Tracks and trackways of "Praemegaceros" cazioti (Depéret, 1897) (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) in Pleistocene coastal deposits from Sardinia (Western Mediterranean, Italy)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Fanelli, Fabio ^a   Palombo, Maria Rita ^b   Pillola, Gian Luigi ^a   Ibba, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

"praemegaceros" cazioti; Bifidipes; Footprints; Pleistocene; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKWAY; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; MYOTRAGUS BALEARICUS;

EID: 37749000914     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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