Large deer from the Villafranchian of Eastern Europe (Sea of Azov Region): Evolution and paleoecology

Quaternary International

Volumn 284, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-122

  Baygusheva, Vera S ^a   Titov, Vadim V ^b  

^a Azov Museum Reserve   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARID ZONES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; EVOLUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; SUBSPECIES; VILLAFRANCHIAN;

BLACK SEA; SEA OF AZOV;

CERVIDAE; EUCLADOCEROS;

EID: 84871659465     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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