Stratigraphic context and paleoenvironmental significance of minor taxa (Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Rodentia) from the late Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-92

  Rook, L ^a   Ghinassi, M ^b   Carnevale, G ^c   Delfino, M ^c,d   Pavia, M ^c   Bondioli, L ^e   Candilio, F ^f   Coppa, A ^f   Martinez Navarro B ^g   Medin, T ^g,h   Papini, M ^a   Zanolli, C ⁱ   Libsekal, Y ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^h National Museum of Eritrea   (Eritrea)

ⁱ ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burhinus; Fossil vertebrates; Mammalia; Thryonomyidae

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIRD; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAUNA; FISH; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEW RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; REPTILE; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ERITREA;

AVES; BURHINUS; CHARADRIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; RATTUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; THRYONOMYIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872017141     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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