Late Quaternary woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius Blum) remains from southern Transdanubia, Hungary

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Konrád, Gyula ^a   Kovács, János ^a   Halász, Amadé ^a   Sebe, Krisztina ^b   Pálffy, Hajnalka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Mecsekérc Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hungary; Late Pleistocene; Mammuthus primigenius; Palaeo environment; Proboscidea; Taphonomy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; HUNGARY; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE QUATERNARY; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; SKELETAL ELEMENTS; TAPHONOMY;

DENTISTRY; MAMMALS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

TAXONOMIES;

LOESS; MAMMOTH; MORTALITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; SUBFOSSIL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

HUNGARY; TRANSDANUBIA;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 76749118481     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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