The Epivillafranchian carnivore Pannonictis (Mammalia, Mustelidae) from Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) and a revision of the Eurasian occurrences from a taxonomic perspective

Quaternary International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Garcia N ^a,b   Arsuaga, J L ^a,b   Bermudez de Castro J M ^c   Carbonell, E ^d   Rosas, A ^e   Huguet, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MUSTELID; NEW GENUS; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SKULL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIMA DEL ELEFANTE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 41049084423     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.031     Document Type: Article

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