Early Pliocene deer of Central and Eastern European regions and inferred phylogenetic relationships

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 287, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1-39

  Croitor, Roman ^a,b   Stefaniak, Krzysztof ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^b University of Aix Marseille i   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervidae; Eastern Europe; Evolution; Palaeogeography; Pliocene; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858019579     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/287/2009/1     Document Type: Article

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