The earliest occurrence of the steppe pika (Ochotona pusilla) in Europe near the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-329

  Fostowicz Frelik, Łucja ^a,b   Frelik, Grzegorz J ^c  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lagomorpha; Ochotona pusilla; Pliocene Pleistocene; Steppe pika; Vill nyian

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE;

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LAGOMORPH; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; KAZAKHSTAN; LAGOMORPH; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SKULL;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; KAZAKHSTAN; LAGOMORPHA; MANDIBLE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; RUSSIA; SKULL;

EUROPE;

LAGOMORPHA; OCHOTONA PUSILLA; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 77949423450     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0634-6     Document Type: Article

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