The dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis from Puntali Cave, Carini (Sicily; late Middle Pleistocene): Anatomy, systematics and phylogenetic relationships

Quaternary International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-108

  Ferretti, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; ELEPHANT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ELEPHAS ANTIQUUS; PALAEOLOXODON;

EID: 42649118451     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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