Herbivore paleodiet and paleoenvironmental changes in Chad during the Pliocene using stable isotope ratios of tooth enamel carbonate

Paleobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 294-309

  Zazzo, Antoine ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Brunet, Michel ^b   Beauvilain, Alain ^c   Billiou, Daniel ^a   Mackaye, Hassane Taisso ^d   Vignaud, Patrick ^b   Mariotti, André ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c Centre National d Appui à la Recherche   (Chad)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HERBIVORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

CHAD;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERATOTHERIUM; HEXAPROTODON; HOMINIDAE; PERISSODACTYLA; RHINOCEROTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033928110     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2000)026<0294:HPAPCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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