Earliest occurrence of Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae) at the Plio/Pleistocene transition in western Europe: New evidence from the Middle Villafranchian assemblage of Montopoli, Italy

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-171

  Cherin, Marco ^a   Iurino, Dawid A ^b,c   Sardella, Raffaele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IsIPU Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fossil mammals; Italy; Late Villafranchian; Montopoli; Puma pardoides

Indexed keywords

FELID; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VILLAFRANCHIAN;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

ACINONYX; ACINONYX JUBATUS; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878650022     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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