Implications for late pleistocene mastodon diet from opal phytoliths in tooth calculus

Quaternary Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-122

  Gobetz, Katrina E ^a   Bozarth, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus; Diet; Mastodon; Phytoliths; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOSSIL RECORD; GRAZING; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELTIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; MAMMUT AMERICANUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0035069945     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2207     Document Type: Article

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