A new species of Myotragus Bate, 1909 (Artiodactyla, Caprinae) from the Early Pliocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 871-885

  Bover, Pere ^a,c   Quintana, Josep ^b   Alcover, Josep Antoni ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b American Museum of Natural History ^*  (Spain)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Pliocene; Mallorca; Myotragus; new species; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMIES;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EARLY PLIOCENE; EUROPEAN SPECIES; MALLORCA; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; MYOTRAGUS; NEW SPECIES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

MAMMALS;

FOSSIL; GOAT; INSECTIVORE; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; REPTILE; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; CAPRINAE; HYPOLAGUS; MYOTRAGUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77958493030     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000336     Document Type: Article

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