Soricidae (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Tollo de Chiclana (Guadix Basin, Southern Spain)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 535-546

  Minwer Barakat, Raef ^a   Garci ́a Alix, Antonio ^b   Sua ́rez, Elvira Martín ^c   Freudenthal, Matthijs ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX BASIN; SPAIN;

INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; MYOSOREX; SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA;

EID: 77952281309     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003622001     Document Type: Article

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