The pioneering paleoprimatologist charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923), and a Mesopithecus tooth from an unrecorded locality of Italy (?Casino Basin) in the Basel Naturhistorisches Museum, Switzerland;Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923), pioniere della paleoprimatologia, e un dente di Mesopithecus proveniente da una località ignota (probabilmente il bacino del Casino, Siena) nelle collezioni del Museo di Storia Naturale di Basilea

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Alba, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Casino basin; Early pliocene; Forsyth major charles immanuel; Fossil primate; Italy; Late miocene; Mesopithecus; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE;

ITALY; SWITZERLAND; TUSCANY;

EID: 84864813722     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4435/BSPI.2012.01     Document Type: Article

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