Large-sized ruminants from the early Pleistocene of Leu (Oltenia, Romania) with remarks on biogeographical aspects of the "Pachycrocuta event"

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-371

  Croitor, Roman ^a   Popescu, Aurelian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^b Museum of Oltenia   (Romania)

Author keywords

"Pachycrocuta event"; Dispersal; Early pleistocene; Eucladoceros; Europe; Leptobos; Zoogeographical filter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; FAUNA; PALEONTOLOGY; RUMINANT; VILLAFRANCHIAN; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; OLTENIA; ROMANIA;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CTENOIDES; EUCLADOCEROS; PACHYCROCUTA;

EID: 80054084454     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0180     Document Type: Article

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