-
Villafranchian age (/ˌvɪləˈfræŋkiən/ VIL-ə-FRANK-ee-ən) is a
period of
geologic time (3.5–1.0 Ma): 7
spanning the Late
Pliocene and
Early Pleistocene...
-
fossils are
common in Africa, with
records going back as far as the
Villafranchian. As
fossil striped hyenas are
absent from the
Mediterranean region,...
-
least one
extinct species. The
oldest record of the
genus dates to the
Villafranchian of Bulgaria,
where fossils of
Vormela petenyii have been found. This...
- Nihewanian, and Yushean.
European land
mammal ages (ELMA)
include the
Villafranchian, Galerian, and
Aurelian North American land
mammal ages (NALMA) include...
- Cirilli, Omar; Pandolfi, Luca; Bernor,
Raymond L. (December 2020). "The
Villafranchian perissodactyls of Italy:
knowledge of the
fossil record and ****ure research...
- puma Puma
pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora: Felidae) in the
Lower Villafranchian (Upper Pliocene) of
Kvabebi (East Georgia, Transcaucasia) and its evolutionary...
- cheetah,
occurred in
Eurasia and
eastern and
southern Africa in the
Villafranchian period roughly 3.8–1.9 mya. In the
Middle Pleistocene a
smaller cheetah...
-
Europe and Asia, and date back to the
Early Pleistocene. By the late
Villafranchian, S.
scrofa largely displaced the
related S. strozzii, a large, possibly...
- Europe. They
suggested P. b.
licenti (Middle
Villafranchian)
evolved into P. b.
brevirostris (Late
Villafranchian),
which evolved into P. b.
sinensis (Galerian)...
- Plio/Pleistocene
transition in
western Europe: New
evidence from the
Middle Villafranchian ****emblage of Montopoli, Italy".
Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (3): 165–171...
