The palaeoecological signif cance of the Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Veternica Cave, Croatia. Revision of the lagomorpha, canidae, mustelidae and felidae

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-224

  Miracle, Preston T ^a   Brajković, Dejana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Mammal; Neandertal; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Veternica Cave

Indexed keywords

CANID; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DEPOSITION; FAUNA; FELID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAGOMORPH; MICROCLIMATE; MUSTELID; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CROATIA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; GULO GULO; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS TIMIDUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 77956493542     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/gc.2010.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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