Fossil reptiles from the Pleistocene Homo-bearing locality of Buia (Eritrea, Northern Danakil Depression)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 51-60

  Delfino, Massimo ^a   Segid, Amaha ^b   Yosief, Dessale ^b   Shoshani, Jeheskel ^b   Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Libsekal, Yosief ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Africa; Crocodylus niloticus; Eritrea; Pelusios cf. P. sinuatus; Pleistocene; Python gr. P. sebae; Varanus niloticus

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; HOMO; MAMMALIA; PELUSIOS; PELUSIOS SINUATUS; PYTHON SEBAE; REPTILIA; VARANUS; VARANUS NILOTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6344228505     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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