Gnaw marks on Eocene seeds: Evidence for early rodent behaviour

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 127-149

  Collinson, M E ^a   Hooker, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nat Hist Mus Cromwell Rd S ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Glamys; Gliridae; Scansorial; Seed predation; Stratiotes; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEED; TRACE FOSSIL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034653955     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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