The Old World puma - Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora: Felidae) - In the Lower Villafranchian (Upper Pliocene) of Kvabebi (East Georgia, Transcaucasia) and its evolutionary and biogeographical significance

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-231

  Hemmer, Helmut ^a   Kahlke, Ralf Dietrich ^b   Vekua, Abesalom K ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARNIVORE; FELID; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HIPPARION; LYNX; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 4644222187     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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