Pleistocene debris-flow deposition of the hippopotamus-bearing Collecurti bonebed (Macerata, Central Italy): Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental analysis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 296-314

  Mazza, P P A ^a   Ventra, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Collecurti bonebed; Debris flow; Hippopotamus; Pleistocene; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BONE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEBRIS FLOW; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INTERMONTANE BASIN; MAMMAL; MASS MORTALITY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRESERVATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

ITALY; MACERATA; MARCHE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053132305     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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