Late Miocene insular mice from the Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince provide new insights on the palaeoecology of the Oreopithecus faunas

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-49

  Casanovas Vilar, Isaac ^a   van Dam, Jan A ^a,b   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a   Rook, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Insular ecosystems; Italy; Late Miocene; Oreopithecus bambolii; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; RODENT;

ITALY; SARDINIA; TUSCANY;

BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; OREOPITHECUS; OREOPITHECUS BAMBOLII; POACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 79955464186     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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