Metric analysis of ungulate mammals in the early Middle Pleistocene of Britain, in relation to taxonomy and biostratigraphy. I: Rhinocerotidae and Bovidae

Quaternary International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 136-156

  Breda, M ^a   Collinge, S E ^b   Parfitt, S A ^a,b   Lister, A M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovid; Boxgrove; Pakefield; Rhinoceros; West Runton; Westbury

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOMETRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DENTITION; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; UNGULATE;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; PAKEFIELD; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST RUNTON;

BISON; BISON PRISCUS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 78249236178     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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