Avian remains from the Early/Middle Pleistocene of the So'a Basin, central Flores, Indonesia, and their palaeoenvironmental significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 440, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-171

  Meijer, H J M ^a,b   Kurniawan, I ^c   Setiabudi, E ^c   Brumm, A ^d   Sutikna, T ^e,f   Setiawan, R ^c   van den Bergh, G D ^f  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Geology Museum   (Indonesia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aves; Flores; Hominin; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CAVE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMINID; LIMESTONE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SAVANNA; TYPE LOCALITY;

EAST NUSA TENGGARA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LIANG BUA; SUNDA ISLES;

AVES; BUBO; CYGNUS; GABAZA; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84942254745     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.08.042     Document Type: Article

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