Reconstructing the palaeodiet of Florida Mammut americanum via low-magnification stereomicroscopy

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 34-48

  Green, Jeremy L ^a   Semprebon, Gina M ^b   Solounias, Nikos ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bay Path College   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Florida; Mammut americanum; Microscope methods; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DIET; GRINDING; MICROSCOPY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DICEROS BICORNIS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMUT AMERICANUM; TAXODIUM;

EID: 21944440379     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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