Processes of island colonization by Oligo-Miocene land mammals in the central Mediterranean: New data from Scontrone (Abruzzo, Central Italy) and Gargano (Apulia, Southern Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 208-215

  Mazza, Paul P A ^a   Rustioni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central southern Italy; Deinogalerix freudenthali; Hoplitomeryx; Island colonization; Late Oligocene to Late Miocene

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATE; COLONIZATION; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; L'AQUILA; PUGLIA; SCONTRONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARTIODACTYLA; HOPLITOMERYCIDAE; HOPLITOMERYX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 51249093420     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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