Remarks on the Messinian carnivores (Mammalia) of Italy

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-202

  Sardella, Raffaele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Italy; Mediterranean; Messinian; Palaeobiogeography; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY; TURNOVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HYAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 52249097173     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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