Upper Miocene mammals from Strumyani, South-Western Bulgaria;Mammifères du Miocène supérieur de Strumyani, Bulgarie du sud-ouest

Geodiversitas

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-484

  Geraads, Denis ^a   Spassov, Nikolaï ^b   Hristova, Latinka ^b   Markov, Georgi N ^b   Tzankov, Tzanko ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c SOUTH WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Mammalian fauna; Paleoenvironments; Upper miocene

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; TAPIRUS;

EID: 80053531531     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2011n3a3     Document Type: Article

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