Elephas antiquus in Greece: New finds and a reappraisal of older material (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Elephantidae)

Quaternary International

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-349

  Tsoukala, Evangelia ^a   Mol, Dick ^b   Pappa, Spyridoula ^a   Vlachos, Evangelos ^a   van Logchem, Wilrie ^c   Vaxevanopoulos, Markos ^d   Reumer, Jelle ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c Mammuthus Club International   (Netherlands)

^d Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Northern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; EXTINCTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH;

GREECE; LARISSA; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; THESSALY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS ANTIQUUS; MAMMALIA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL);

EID: 82855177830     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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