Five new species of Hoplitomeryx from the Neogene of Abruzzo and Apulia (central and southern Italy) with revision of the genus and of Hoplitomeryx matthei Leinders, 1983

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1304-1333

  Mazza, Paul P A ^a   Rustioni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Gargano; Island colonization; Island endemic ungulates; Late Oligocene; Miocene; Ruminants; Scontrone

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; FALCIDENS; HOPLITOMERYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 82255163133     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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