A thorny question: The taxonomic identity of the Pirro Nord cervical vertebrae revisited

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-106

  Alba, David M ^a,b   Colombero, Simone ^b   Delfino, Massimo ^a,b   Martìnez Navarro, Bienvenido ^c   Pavia, Marco ^b   Rook, Lorenzo ^d  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Fossil porcupines; Hystrix; Italy; Theropithecus; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ISRAEL; ITALY;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HYSTRIX (MAMMAL); MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; ITALY; PORCUPINE; THEROPITHECUS;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOSSILS; ITALY; PORCUPINES; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 84924557777     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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