A reappraisal of the Early to Middle Pleistocene Italian Bovidae

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-62

  Masini, Federico ^a   Palombo, Maria Rita ^b,c   Rozzi, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; GUILD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RUMINANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VILLAFRANCHIAN;

ITALY;

AURELIA; BOVIDAE; BOVINI; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873725181     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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