High prevalence of enamel hypoplasia in an early Pliocene giraffid (Sivatherium hendeyi) from South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Franz Odendaal, Tamara ^a,b   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a   Lee Thorp, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; FOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; TOOTH;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 0346755120     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/19     Document Type: Article

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