Hippopotamid dispersal across the Mediterranean in the latest Miocene: a re-evaluation of the Gravitelli record from Sicily, Italy

The first dispersal of Hippopotamidae out of Africa is recorded around 6 Ma, but this event is documented only in a few European localities. Among them, the uppermost Miocene deposits of Gravitelli in Sicily yielded particularly abundant hippopotamid remains. These specimens, published at the beginn...

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Main Authors: Roberta Martino, Johannes Pignatti, Lorenzo Rook, Luca Pandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2021-09-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008382020.pdf