Unusual ichnofossils in homo erectusbearing beds of the Pleistocene lake deposits in central-eastern Eritrea, East Africa

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Abbate, Ernesto ^a   Bruni, Piero ^a   Landucci, Francesco ^a   Pellicanò, Giannantonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; ICHNOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ERITREA;

ANIMALIA; HOMO ERECTUS; INVERTEBRATA; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 84858233384     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.p11-054r     Document Type: Article

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