Bio-magnetostratigraphy and environment of the oldest Eurasian hominoid from the Early Miocene of Engelswies (Germany)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-339

  Böhme, Madelaine ^a   Aziz, Hayfaa Abdul ^b   Prieto, Jerome ^a,c   Bachtadse, Valerian ^c   Schweigert, Günter ^d  

^a Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arfopithecins; Europe; Hominoidea; Mammal dispersal events; Neogene; Paleobiogeography

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; FAUNA; HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFOREST;

GERMANY;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051473801     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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