New specimens of Propotamochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of the Balkans

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Geraads, Denis ^a,b   Spassov, Nikolai ^a,c   Garevski, Risto ^a,d  

^a UPR 2147 CNRS ^*

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^d Macedonian Museum of Natural History   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Aegean region; Bulgaria; Late Miocene; Macedonia; Mammalia; Propotamochoerus; Suidae; Turolian

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; NEW TAXON; PALEONTOLOGY; PIG; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BALKANS;

MAMMALIA; PROPOTAMOCHOERUS; SUIDAE; VALLESIA;

EID: 44949238288     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0248-0103     Document Type: Article

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