Biochronology of the first hominid remains in Europe using the vole Mimomys savini: Fuente Nueva 3 and Barranco León D, Guadix-Baza Basin, south-eastern Spain

Historical Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1021-1028

  Lozano Fernández, Iván ^a,b   Blain, Hugues Alexandre ^a,b   López García, Juan Manuel ^c   Agustí, Jordi ^a,b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barranco Le n D; biochronology; Early Pleistocene; evolutionary trends; Fuente Nueva 3; Mimomys savini

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; MIMOMYS; MURIDAE;

EID: 84928829591     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.920015     Document Type: Article

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