The neogene cercopithecids (Mammalia, Primates) of Greece;Les cercopithécidés du Néogène (Mammalia, Primates) de Gréce

Geodiversitas

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-850

  Koufos, George D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cercopithecidae; Dolichopithecus; Greece; Mammalia; Mesopithecus; Neogene; Palaeoecology; Paradolichopithecus; Primates; Systematic

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; MESOPITHECUS PENTELICUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 76249101863     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2009n4a817     Document Type: Article

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