The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 143-163

  Merceron, Gildas ^a   Blondel, Cécile ^a   Brunet, Michel ^a   Sen, Sevket ^b   Solounias, Nikos ^c   Viriot, Laurent ^a   Heintz, Emile ^d  

^a Lab Geobiologie Biochronologie P   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Microwear; Miocene; Paleodiet; Paleoenvironment; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

DIET; GRAZING; MIGRATION; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOOTH;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII; GAZELLA; GAZELLA SP.; IRANIA; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 2342456540     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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