Tropical and western influences in vertebrate faunas from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Florida

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 143-158

  Morgan, Gary S ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AMPLIBUTEO; ANTROZOUS; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; BAIOMYS; BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA; CERYLE TORQUATA; CONEPATUS; CRACIDAE; DESMODUS; DESMODUS STOCKI; EUMOPS UNDERWOODI; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS; JACANA SPINOSA; LATERALLUS EXILIS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; MILVAGO CHIMACHIMA; MORMOOPS MEGALOPHYLLA; PANTHERA ONCA; PECARI; PICA PICA; PTERONOTUS; SPERMOPHILUS; SPIZAETUS; TACHYBAPTUS DOMINICUS; THOMOMYS; TREMARCTOS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYTTHUS; VANELLUS CHILENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950521237     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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