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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Language: | English |
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Institute of Paleobiology PAS
2021-09-01
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Series: | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
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Online Access: | http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008382020.pdf |