Magnetostratigraphy of the Late Miocene Baccinello-Cinigiano basin (Tuscany, Italy) and the age of Oreopithecus bambolii faunal assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 286-294

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Oms, Oriol ^b   Benvenuti, Marco G ^a   Papini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baccinello Cinigiano basin; Italy; Late Miocene; Magnetostratigraphy; Oreopithecus faunas; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

ITALY;

HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; OREOPITHECUS; OREOPITHECUS BAMBOLII;

EID: 79955476130     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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