The Gargano terre rosse insular faunas: An overview

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-435

  Masini, Federico ^a   Rinaldi, Paolo Maria ^b   Petruso, Daria ^a   Surdi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Biogeography; Endemism; Gargano; Insular fauna; Late miocene early pliocene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIRD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAUNISTICS; FIELD SURVEY; FOSSIL RECORD; KARST; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79951825753     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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