BODY SIZE REDUCTION AND TOOTH AGENESIS IN LATE PLEISTOCENE <em> MELES MELES </em> (CARNIVORA, MAMMALIA) FROM INGARANO (SOUTHERN ITALY)
In mammals combined factors such as body size reduction and loss of peripheral teeth are often associated with endemism phenomena. This condition is particularly evident in insular contexts where is a complete geographic isolation. During the Pleistocene there have been several glacial stages, which...
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Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Milano
2014-03-01
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Series: | Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |
Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6053 |