A comparison of the dietary habits of a large sample of the Pleistocene pronghorn Stockoceros onusrosagris from the Papago Springs Cave in Arizona to the modern Antilocapra americana

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 495-500

  Rivals, Florent ^a,b,c   Semprebon, Gina M ^d  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Bay Path College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RUMINANT; TOOTH;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745598554     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[495:ACOTDH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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