The late Early to early Middle Pleistocene stenonoid horses from Italy

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-44

  Alberdi, María Teresa ^a   Palombo, Maria Rita ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HORSE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SPAIN;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ALTIDENS; EQUUS LIVENZOVENSIS; EQUUS MAJOR; EQUUS STENONIS;

EID: 84873741432     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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