Isotopic records from early whales and sea cows: Contrasting patterns of ecological transition

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-370

  Clementz, Mark T ^a   Goswami, Anjali ^b   Gingerich, Philip D ^c   Koch, Paul L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENAMEL; EOCENE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HABITAT SELECTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; SIRENIAN; WHALE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745598164     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[355:IRFEWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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