Dietary reconstruction of Miocene Gomphotherium (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Great Plains region, USA, based on the carbon isotope composition of tusk and molar enamel

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 311-335

  Fox, David L ^a,b   Fisher, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Enamel; Gomphotherium; Miocene; Paleodiet

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOOTH;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

BROSME BROSME; DICOTYLEDONEAE; GOMPHOTHERIUM; HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 16544384316     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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