A reappraisal of the dwarfed mammoth Mammuthus lamarmorai (Major, 1883) from Gonnesa (south-western Sardinia, Italy)

Quaternary International

Volumn 255, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-170

  Palombo, M R ^a   Ferretti, M P ^b   Pillola, G L ^c   Chiappini, L ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRANIUM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MAMMOTH; NEW SPECIES; OUTCROP; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; MAMMUTHUS;

EID: 84857453658     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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