Carnivora from the Plio-Pleistocene hominin site of Drimolen, Gauteng, South Africa

Geobios

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-350

  O'Regan, Hannah J ^a,b   Menter, Colin G ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chasmaporthetes; Cradle of Humankind; Dinofelis; Drimolen; Panthera

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AFRICA; COOPERS CAVE; DRIMOLEN; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWARTKRANS CAVE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; DINOFELIS; DINOFELIS PIVETEAUI; FELIDAE; HERPESTIDAE; HYAENIDAE; NITIDULA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 67349226353     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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