First record of Beremendia fissidens (Mammalia, Soricidae) in the Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula, with a review of the biostratigraphy, biogeography and palaeoecology of the species

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-37

  Rofes, Juan ^a   Cuenca Bescós, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoecology; Sima del Elefante; Soricine; Spain; Systematic palaeontology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAVE; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SIMA DEL ELEFANTE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FISSIDENS; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SORICINAE;

EID: 60749129760     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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