Extending the tooth mesowear method to extinct and extant equids;L'application de la méthode d'usure des dents (mesowear) aux équidés fossils et actuels

Geodiversitas

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-345

  Kaiser, Thomas M ^a   nsolouni, Nikos Solounias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equidae; Equus burchelli; Hippotherium; Mesowear method; Methodology; Paleobiology; Paleodiet; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; HIPPOTHERIUM PRIMIGENIUM; UNGULATA; VALLESIA;

EID: 0141513059     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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