Mammalian herbivore communities, ancient feeding ecology, and carbon isotopes: A 10 million-year sequence from the neogene of Florida

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-115

  Macfadden, Bruce J ^a,b   Cerling, Thure E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; CERVIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTIDAE; PALAEOMERYCIDAE; PERISSODACTYLA; POACEAE; RHINOCEROTIDAE; TAPIRIDAE; TAYASSUIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0030306133     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011288     Document Type: Article

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