Late Pleistocene leopards across Europe - northernmost European German population, highest elevated records in the Swiss Alps, complete skeletons in the Bosnia Herzegowina Dinarids and comparison to the Ice Age cave art

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-193

  Diedrich, Cajus G ^a  

^a Petra Bezruce 96 ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Europe; Fur spot pattern; Late Pleistocene leopards; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoecology; Phylostratigraphy; Taphonomy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOECOLOGY; PHYLOSTRATIGRAPHY; SPOT PATTERN; TAPHONOMY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMIES; WATER LEVELS;

CAVES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOREAL FOREST; CAVE; FELID; FOSSIL RECORD; GOAT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; ROCK ART; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL; SUBSPECIES; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ALPS; BAUMANN'S CAVE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS; SAXONY-ANHALT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84882786848     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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