Carnivora dispersal in Western Mediterranean during the last 2.6 Ma

Quaternary International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-189

  Palombo, Maria Rita ^a,b   Sardella, Raffaele ^a   Novelli, Micaela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARNIVORE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA; PACHYCROCUTA; PANTHERA PARDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 41149155474     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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