Predators and scavengers in Early Pleistocene southern Asia

Quaternary International

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-88

  Dennell, R W ^a   Coard, R ^b   Turner, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATOR; SCAVENGER; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PABBI HILLS; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; GAVIALINAE; HYAENIDAE; MEGANTEREON; PACHYCROCUTA; PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS; UNCIA UNCIA; URSIDAE;

EID: 55949137485     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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