The diets of the Dromomerycidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) and their response to Miocene vegetational change

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 427-444

  Semprebon, Gina ^a   Janis, Christine ^b   Solounias, Nikos ^c  

^a Bay Path College   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; DROMOMERYCIDAE; MAMMALIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 3142715984     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/2431     Document Type: Article

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