Suids, elephantoids, paleochronology, and paleoecology of the Pliocene hominid site Galili, Somali region, Ethiopia

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 452-464

  Kullmer, Ottmar ^a   Sandrock, Oliver ^b   Viola, Thomas Bence ^c   Hujer, Wolfgang ^c   Said, Hasen ^d   Seidler, Horst ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTOIDEA; ELEPHAS; HOMINIDAE; LOXODONTA; NOTOCHOERUS; SUIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 50449085243     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-028r     Document Type: Article

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