Biochronological data inferred from the Early Pleistocene small mammals of the Barranc de la Boella site (Tarragona, north-eastern Spain)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 722-728

  Lozano Fernández, Iván ^a,d   Bañuls Cardona, Sandra ^b   Blain, Hugues Alexandre ^a,d   López García, Juan Manuel ^b   Vallverdú, Josep ^a,d   Agustí, Jordi ^a   Cuenca Bescós, Gloria ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barranc de la Boella; Biochronology; Early Pleistocene; NE Iberian Peninsula; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS MERIDIONALIS; MIMOMYS;

EID: 84930932625     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2744     Document Type: Article

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