Ancient feeding, ecology and extinction of Pleistocene horses from the Pampean Region, Argentina

Ameghiniana

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 427-436

  Sánchez, Begoña ^a   Prado, José Luis ^b   Alberdi, María Teresa ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ecology; Equus (Amerhippus); Extinction; Hippidion; Paleodiet; Pampean region; Pleistocene; South America

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORSE; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMERHIPPUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS NEOGEUS; GERVAIS; HIPPIDION; HIPPIDION DEVILLEI; HIPPIDION PRINCIPALE;

EID: 33747608662     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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