Rectilinear evolution in arvicoline rodents and numerical dating of Iberian Early Pleistocene sites

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-109

  Palmqvist, Paul ^a   González Donoso, José María ^a   De Renzi, Miquel ^b  

^a Departamento de Ecología y Geología Área de Paleontología Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca TD sequence; Chronometric tool; Early pleistocene; Mimomys savini; Orthogenesis; Rectilinear evolution

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATAPUERCA TD SEQUENCE; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; MIMOMYS SAVINI; ORTHOGENESIS; RECTILINEAR EVOLUTION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATING METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ORTHOGNEISS; PLEISTOCENE; RANDOM WALK METHOD; RODENT; TOOTH;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84904684969     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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