The African species Megantereon whitei from the Early Pleistocene of Monte Argentario (South Tuscany, Central Italy)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 601-606

  Sardella, Raffaele ^a,c   Petrucci, Mauro ^a   Rook, Lorenzo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Dispersal event; Europe; Italy; Megantereon; Plio Pleistocene; Villafranchian

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CARNIVORE; DISPERSAL; FAUNA; FOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; MONTE ARGENTARIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

MEGANTEREON; MEGANTEREON WHITEI;

EID: 57049160872     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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