Dama roberti, a new species of deer from the early Middle Pleistocene of Europe, and the origins of modern fallow deer

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-167

  Breda, Marzia ^a,b   Lister, Adrian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dama roberti n. sp.; Early Middle Pleistocene; Fallow deer; Pakefield (UK); Soleilhac (FR)

Indexed keywords

DAMA ROBERTI N. SP; FALLOW DEER; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; PAKEFIELD (UK); SOLEILHAC (FR);

MORPHOLOGY;

BONE;

BODY SIZE; DEER; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

ENGLAND; PAKEFIELD; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERVIDAE; DAMA; DAMA DAMA; PSEUDODAMA;

EID: 84876368101     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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