Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of south africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-24

  Avery, Graham ^a,b   Klein, Richard G ^a,c  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil seals; Holocene; Otariidae; Phocidae; Pleistocene; Pliocene; South arica

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008829541     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2011.564490     Document Type: Article

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