Diets of modern and late Miocene hippopotamids: Evidence from carbon isotope composition and micro-wear of tooth enamel

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 153-174

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a,b   Zazzo, Antoine ^c   Merceron, Gildas ^a,d   Blondel, Cécile ^a   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Likius, Andossa ^e   Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso ^e   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Africa; Carbon stable isotopes; Chad; Dental micro wear; Hippopotamidae; Late Miocene; Palaeodiet; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

DIET; MIOCENE; TOOTH; WEAR;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; HOMINIDAE; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 18944393978     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

References (87)

1. Z. Alemseged An integrated approach to taphonomy and faunal change in the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) and its implication for hominid evolution Journal of Human Evolution 44 2003 451 478
2. W.F.M. Ansell Feeding habits of Hippopotamus amphibius Linn Puku 3 1965 171
3. M.J. Bañuelos, and J.R. Obeso Effect of grazing history, experimental defoliation, and genotype on patterns of silicification in Agrostis tenuis sibth Ecoscience 7 1 2000 45 50
4. K.B. Barber, S.A. Buchanan, and P.F. Galbreath An Ecological Survey of the St. Floris National Park, Central African Republic 1980 International Park Affairs Division National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, DC
5. R.M. Bere Queen Elizabeth National Park: Uganda. The hippopotamus problem and experiment Oryx 5 1959 116 124
6. 18O) PhD thesis, Université de Montpellier II, Montpellier.
7. 18O) of mammalian enamel from African Pleistocene hominid sites Palaïos 11 1996 306 318
8. J.-R. Boisserie, M. Brunet, L. Andossa, and P. Vignaud Hippopotamids from the Djurab Pliocene faunas, Chad, Central Africa Journal of African Earth Sciences 36 2003 15 27
9. M. Brunet, and M.P.F.T. Chad: discovery of a Vertebrate fauna close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 1 2000 205 209
10. M. Brunet, A. Beauvilain, Y. Coppens, E. Heintz, A.H.E. Moutaye, and D. Pilbeam The first Australopithecine 2500 kilometres west of the Rift Valley (Chad) Nature 378 1995 273 274
11. M. Brunet, A. Beauvilain, D. Geraads, F. Guy, M. Kasser, H.T. Mackaye, L.M. Maclatchy, G. Mouchelin, J. Sudre, and P. Vignaud Tchad: découverte d'une faune de mammifères du Pliocène inférieur Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 326 1998 153 158
12. M. Brunet, F. Guy, D. Pilbeam, H.T. Mackaye, A. Likius, D. Ahounta, A. Beauvilain, C. Blondel, H. Bocherens, J.-R. Boisserie, L.d. Bonis, Y. Coppens, J. Dejax, C. Denys, P. Duringer, V. Eisenmann, G. Fanoné, P. Fronty, D. Geraads, T. Lehmann, F. Lihoreau, A. Louchart, A. Mahamat, G. Merceron, G. Mouchelin, O.P. Otero, P.-C. P., D.L.M. Ponce, J.C. Rage, M. Sapanet, M. Schuster, J. Sudre, P. Tassy, X. Valentin, P. Vignaud, L. Viriot, A. Zazzo, and C. Zollikofer A new hominid from the upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa Nature 418 2002 145 151
13. T.E. Cerling, J.M. Harris, B.J. MacFadden, M.G. Leakey, J. Quade, V. Eisenmann, and J.R. Ehleringer Global vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundary Nature 389 1997 153 158
14. 4 ecosystems, and mammalian evolution Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B 353 1998 159 171
15. T.E. Cerling, J.M. Harris, and B.H. Passey Diets of East African Bovidae based on stable isotope analysis Journal of Mammalogy 84 2 2003 456 470
16. T.E. Cerling, J.M. Harris, and M.G. Leakey Isotope paleoecology of the Nawata and Nachukui Formations at Lothagam, Turkana Basin, Kenya J.M. Harris M.G. Leakey Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa 2003 Columbia University Press New York 587 597
17. M.S. Cid, J.K. Detling, M.A. Brizuela, and A.D. Whicker Patterns in grass silicification-response to grazing history and defoliation Oecologia 80 2 1989 268 271
18. E.T. Clemens, and M.O. Maloiy The digestive physiology of three East African herbivores: the elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus Journal of Zoology 198 1982 141 156
19. S.C. Coryndon Hexaprotodont Hippopotamidae of East Africa and the Phylogeny of the family. Dakar 1967 350 352
20. S.C. Coryndon The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80 2 1977 61 88
21. S.C. Coryndon Fossil Hippopotamidae from the Baringo Basin and relationships within the Gregory Rift, Kenya W.W. Bishop Geological Background to Fossil Man 1978 Scottish Academic Press Edinburgh 279 292
22. M.J. DeNiro, and S. Epstein Influence of diet on the distribution of carbon isotopes in animals Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 42 1978 495 506
23. D.M. Deocampo Sedimentary structures generated by Hippopotamus amphibius in a lake-margin wetland, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Palaïos 17 2 2002 212 217
24. S.K. Eltringham The Hippos 1999 Academic Press London 184 pp.
25. M. Faure Les Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du rift occidental (bassin du lac Albert, Ouganda). Etude Préliminaire B. Senut M. Pickford Geology and Paleobiology of the Albertine Rift Valley, Uganda-Zaïre: II. Paleobiology 1994 Cifeg Orléans 321 337
26. C.R. Field A study of the feeding habits of the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius Linn.) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, with some management implications Zoologica Africana 5 1970 71 86
27. 2 Tellus 51 B 1999 170 193
28. 4 grassland expansions during the early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, South Africa Paleobiology 28 3 2002 378 388
29. D. Geraads, M. Brunet, H.T. Mackaye, and P. Vignaud Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Koro Toro Australopithecine sites, Chad Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 2 2001 335 346
30. R. Gèze Répartition paléoécologique et relations phylogénétiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du néogène d'Afrique Orientale M. Beden A.K. Berhensmeyer N.T. Boaz R. Bonnefille C.K. Brain B. Cooke Y. Coppens R. Dechamps V. Eisenmann A. Gentry D. Geraads R. Gèze C. Guérin J. Harris J. Koeniguer F. Letouzey G. Petter A. Vincens E. Vrba L'environnement des hominidés au Plio-Pléistocène 1985 Fondation Singer-Polignac Masson Paris 81 100
31. R.F. Gray Hippopotamus milk analysis The International Zoo Yearbook 1 1959 46
32. J. Grey, and D.M. Harper Using stable isotope analyses to identify allochthonous inputs to lake Naivasha mediated via the hippopotamus gut Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 38 4 2002 245 250
33. F.E. Grine Dental evidence for dietary differences in Australopithecus and Paranthropus: a quantitative analysis of permanent molar microwear Journal of Human Evolution 15 1986 783 822
34. J.M. Harris Family Hippopotamidae J.M. Harris Koobi Fora Research Project 1991 Clarendon Press Oxford 31 85
35. J.M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pliocene and Pleistocene localities west of Lake Turkana, Kenya Contributions in Science 399 1988 128
36. T. Harrison The anatomy, paleobiology, and phylogenetic relationships of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania T. Harrison Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania 1997 Plenum Press New York 137 190
37. S.W. Herring Adaptations for gape in the hippopotamus and its relatives Forma et functio 8 1975 85 100
38. N. Jablonski The hippo's tale: how the anatomy and physiology of Late Neogene Hexaprotodon shed light on Late Neogene environmental change Quaternary International 117 1 2003 119 123
39. B.F. Jacobs, J.D. Kingston, and L.L. Jacobs The origin of grass-dominated ecosystems Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 86 1999 590 643
40. C. Janis An estimation of tooth volume and tooth hypsodonty indicew in ungulate mammals and their dentition, and the correlations of these factors with their diet preferences D.E. Russel J.P. Santoro D. Sigogneau-Russel Teeth Revisited: Proceedings of the VIIth International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Paris 1986 Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris C vol. 53 1988 367 387
41. C.M. Janis Correlations between craniodental morphology and feeding behavior in ungulates: reciprocal illumination between living and fossil taxa J. Thomason Fonctional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology 1995 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 76 98
42. J. Kingdon East African Mammals. An Atlas of evolution in Africa J. Kingdon East African Mammals-An Atlas of Evolution in Africa 1979 Academic Press London 180 277
43. J.D. Kingston Isotopes and environments of the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates P.J. Whybrow A. Hill Fossil Vertebrate of Arabia 1999 Yale University Press New Haven 354 372
44. 4 species of grasses, sedges, and composites in the USA Annals of Botany 64 1989 395 410
45. R.M. Laws Interactions between elephant and hippopotamus populations and their environments East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 33 1968 140 147
46. R.M. Laws Dentition and ageing of the hippopotamus East African Wildlife Journal 6 1968 19 52
47. R.M. Laws, and G. Clough Observation on Reproduction in the Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Linn Symposium of the Zoological Society of London 15. A.A. McDiarmid, London 1966 117 140
48. M.G. Leakey, C.S. Feibel, R.L. Bernor, J.M. Harris, T.E. Cerling, K.M. Stewart, G.W. Storrs, A. Walker, L. Werdelin, and A.J. Winkler Lothagam: a record of faunal change in the Late Miocene of East Africa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 3 1996 556 570
49. J.M. Lock The effects of hippopotamus grazing on grasslands Journal of Ecology 60 1972 445 467
50. B.J. MacFadden, N. Solounias, and T.E. Cerling Ancient diets, ecology, and extinction of 5-Million-Year-Old horses from Florida Science 283 1999 824 827
51. C. Mackie Feeding habits of the hippopotamus on the Lundi River, Rhodesia Arnoldia 7 34 1976 1 16
52. S.J. McNaughton, J.L. Tarrants, M.M. Mac Naughton, and R.H. Davis Silica as a defense against herbivory and a growth promotor in African grasses Ecology 66 1985 528 535
53. P. Mayaux, E. Bartholomé, S. Fritz, and A. Belward A new land-cover map of Africa for the year 2000 Journal of Biogeography 31 2004 861 877
54. T.S. McCarthy, W.N. Ellery, and A. Bloem Some observations on the geomorphological impact of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius L.) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana African Journal of Ecology 36 1998 44 56
55. I. McDougall, and C.S. Feibel Numerical age control for the Miocene-Pliocene succession at Lothagam, a hominoid-bearing sequence in the Northern Kenya Rift J.M. Harris M.G. Leakey Lothagam. The dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa 2003 Columbia University Press New York 45 63
56. Merceron, G. 2003. Analyse de la micro-usure dentaire de primates et d'ongulés du Miocène supérieur de Méditerrané e orientale: implications paléo-alimentaires et palé oenvironnementales. PhD thesis, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers.
57. G. Merceron, C. Blondel, M. Brunet, S. Sen, N. Solounias, L. Viriot, and E. Heintz The late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 207 2004 143 163
58. G. Merceron, L. Viriot, and C. Blondel Tooth microwear pattern in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, L.) from Chizé (Western France) and relation to food composition Small Ruminant Research 53 2004 125 138
59. 4 plants in the Neogene from Pakistan and Kenya Nature 367 1994 162 165
60. T.E. Mugangu, and M.L. Hunter Jr. Aquatic foraging by Hippopotamus in Zaïre: response to a food shortage? Mammalia 56 3 1992 345 349
61. T.G. O'Connor, and B.M. Campbell Hippopotamus habitat relationships on the Lundi River, Goranezhou National Park, Zimbabwe African Journal of Ecology 24 1986 7 26
62. R.C.D. Olivier, and W.A. Laurie Habitat utilization by hippopotamus in the Mara river East African Wildlife Journal 12 1974 249 271
63. B.H. Passey, and T.E. Cerling Tooth enamel mineralization in ungulates: implications for recovering a primary isotopic time-series Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66 18 2002 3225 3234
64. J.W. Phillis Veterinary Physiology 1976 W.B. Saunders Company Philadelphia 882 pp.
65. J.M. Rattray The Grass Cover of Africa 1960 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome 168 pp.
66. F. Runge The opal phytolith inventory of soils in central Africa: quantities, shapes, classification and spectra Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 107 1999 23 53
67. A.G. Sangster Intracellular silica deposition in immature leaves in three species of the Graminae Annals of Botany 34 1970 245 257
68. A.G. Sangster Characteristics of silica deposition in Digitaria sanguinalis L. Scop. (crabgrass) Annals of Botany 41 172 1977 341 350
69. A.G. Sangster, and D.W. Parry Some factors in relation to bulliform cell silicification in grass leaf Annals of Botany 33 130 1969 315 325
70. M.J. Schoeninger, H. Reeser, and K. Hallin Paleoenvironment of Australopithecus anamensis at Allia Bay, East Turkana, Kenya: evidence from mammalian herbivore enamel stable isotopes Journal of Anthropological Archeology 22 2003 200 207
71. J.S.B. Scotcher, D.R.M. Stewart, and C.M. Breen The diet of the hippopotamus in Ndumu game reserve, Natal, as determined by faecal analysis South African Journal of Wildlife Research 8 1978 1 11
72. N. Solounias, and B. Dawson-Saunders Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 65 1988 149 172
73. N. Solounias, and S.M.C. Moelleken Dietary adaptations of two goat ancestors and evolutionary considerations Géobios 6 1992 797 809
74. N. Solounias, and S.M.C. Moelleken Tooth microwear analysis of Eotragus sansaniensis (Mammalia: Ruminantia), one of the oldest known bovids Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 1 1992 113 121
75. N. Solounias, and G. Semprebon Advances in the reconstruction of ungulate ecomorphology with the application to early fossil equids American Museum Novitates 3366 2002 1 49
76. N. Solounias, M. Teaford, and A. Walker Interpreting the diet of extinct ruminants: the case of a non-browsing giraffid Paleobiology 14 3 1988 287 300
77. 4 grasses and carbon isotope discrimination along an altitudinal and moisture gradient in Kenya Oecologia 37 1979 337 350
78. R. Verheyen Monographie éthologique de l'hippopotame (Hippopotamus amphibius Linné) 1954 Institut des Parcs nationaux du Congo belge 91 pp.
79. P. Vignaud, P. Duringer, H.T. Mackaye, A. Likius, C. Blondel, J.-R. Boisserie, L.d. Bonis, V. Eisenmann, M.E. Etienne, D. Geraads, F. Guy, T. Lehmann, F. Lihoreau, N. Lopez-Martínez, C. Mourer-Chauviré, O. Otero, J.C. Rage, M. Schuster, L. Viriot, A. Zazzo, and M. Brunet Geology and palaeontology of the upper Miocene Toros-Ménalla hominid locality, Chad Nature 418 2002 152 155
80. A.C. Walker, H.N. Hoeck, and L.M. Perez Microwear of mammalian teeth as an indicator of diet Science 201 1978 908 910
81. L. Watson, and M.J. Dallwitz The Grass Genera of the World 1992 CAB International Wallingford 1038 pp.
82. E.M. Weston Fossil Hippopotamidae from Lothagam J.M. Harris M.G. Leakey Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa 2003 Columbia University Press New York 380 410
83. White, F., 1983. The Vegetation of Africa: A Descriptive Memoir to Accompany the Unesco/AETFAT/UNSO Vegetation Map of Africa, Unesco, Paris. 356 pp.
84. E.M. Widdowson Feeding the Newborn Mammal 1981 Carilona Biology Readers Burlington 32 pp.
85. E. Wolanski, and E. Gereta Oxygen cycle in a hippo pool, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania African Journal of Ecology 37 1999 419 423
86. Zazzo, A., 2001. Validation méthodologique de l'utilisation des compositions isotopiques (13C, 18O) des bioapatites fossiles pour la reconstitution des paléoenvironnements continentaux. PhD thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
87. A. Zazzo, H. Bocherens, M. Brunet, A. Beauvilain, D. Billiou, H.T. Mackaye, P. Vignaud, and A. Mariotti Herbivore paleodiet and paleoenvironmental changes in Chad during the Pliocene using stable isotope ratios of tooth enamel carbonate Paleobiology 26 2 2000 294 309