Ancient feeding ecology and niche differentiation of Pleistocene mammalian herbivores from Tarija, Bolivia: Morphological and isotopic evidence

Paleobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-100

  MacFadden, Bruce J ^a   Shockey, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; CERVIDAE; CUVIERONIUS HYODON; EDENTATA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS INSULATUS; HIPPIDION; HIPPIDION PRINCIPALE; HIPPOCAMELUS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; LAMA ANGUSTIMAXILLA; LAMA GLAMA; LITOPTERNA; MACRAUCHENIA; MACRAUCHENIA PATACHONICA; MAMMALIA; NEOCHOERUS; NEOCHOERUS TARIJENSIS; ONOHIPPIDIUM; ONOHIPPIDIUM DEVILLEI; PALAEOLAMA; PALAEOLAMA WEDDELLI; PERISSODACTYLA; RODENTIA; TAPIRUS; TAPIRUS TARIJENSIS; TAYASSU; TOXODON; TOXODON PLATENSIS; VICUGNA PROVICUGNA;

FEEDING; FOSSIL MAMMAL; MAMMAL; MAMMAL FAUNA; MAMMAL HERBIVORE; NICHE DIFFERENTIATION; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

BOLIVIA, TARIJA BASIN;

EID: 0031436746     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016651     Document Type: Article

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