New data on the Early Pleistocene large sized porcupine from Pirro Nord (Apricena, Apulia, Italy)

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 298, Issue 1-6, 2013, Pages 87-94

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Sardella, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentition; Early Pleistocene; Hystrix refossa; Italy; Pirro Nord; Postcranium

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

APRICENA; FOGGIA; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 84893449486     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/298/2013/87     Document Type: Article

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