New data on the vertebrate assemblage of Fiume Santo (north-west Sardinia, Italy), and overview on the Late Miocene Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-451

  Abbazzi, Laura ^a,b   Delfino, Massimo ^a   Gallai, Gianni ^a   Trebini, Luciano ^c   Rook, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Botanica   (Italy)

^c Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le Province di Sassari e Nuoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Herpetofauna; Insular endemism; Italy; Late Miocene; Mammal faunas; Tortonian; Tusco Sardinian palaeobioprovince

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HERPETOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TORTONIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

BOVIDAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; MAREMMIA; MUSTELIDAE; OREOPITHECUS; OREOPITHECUS BAMBOLII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41049093818     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00758.x     Document Type: Review

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