The Padul mammoth finds - On the southernmost record of Mammuthus primigenius in Europe and its southern spread during the Late Pleistocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 57-70

  Álvarez Lao, Diego J ^a   Kahlke, Ralf Dietrich ^b   García, Nuria ^c,d   Mol, Dick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Holarctic; Late Pleistocene; Mammuthus primigenius; Palaeobiogeography; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HOLARCTIC REGION; MAMMOTH; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; PADUL BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 67349180683     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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