Demography of late Miocene rhinoceroses (Teleoceras proterum and Aphelops malacorhinus) from Florida: Linking mortality and sociality in fossil assemblages

Paleobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-428

  Mihlbachler, Matthew C ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORTALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOPS MALACORHINUS; HIPPOPOTAMUS; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; TELEOCERAS PROTERUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041410155     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0412:DOLMRT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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