The larger Carnivora of the West Runton Freshwater Bed

Quaternary International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 116-135

  Lewis, Mark ^a   Pacher, Martina ^b,c   Turner, Alan ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMOTH; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

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

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; HOMOTHERIUM LATIDENS; HYAENIDAE; LEPTAILURUS SERVAL; LYNX; PACHYCROCUTA; PANTHERA GOMBASZOEGENSIS; PANTHERA LEO; URSIDAE; URSUS SP.; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 78249237527     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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