Study of Mesopithecus (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 269, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 39-91

  Koufos, George D ^a   Spassov, Nikolai ^b   Kovatchev, Dimiter ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c Palaeontological Museum of Assenovgrad (Branch of NMNHS)   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Mesopithecus; Miocene; Primates; Turolian

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; HABITAT; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BULGARIA;

EID: 56249119215     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/269/2003/39     Document Type: Article

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