The Pleistocene fauna (other than Primates) from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and its environmental and biochronological implications

Geobios

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 697-718

  Geraads, Denis ^a   Alemseged, Zeresenay ^b   Reed, Denné ^c   Wynn, Jonathan ^d   Roman, Diana C ^e  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Ethiopia; Mammalian fauna; Pl istocene

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; FOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; AWASH VALLEY; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BODO; BOS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 9244246453     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.05.011     Document Type: Article

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