Measuring dental wear equilibriums-the use of industrial surface texture parameters to infer the diets of fossil mammals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 221-240

  Kaiser, Thomas M ^a   Brinkmann, Gesa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Ecology; Equidae; Microwear; New method; Palaeodiet

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DENTAL HEALTH; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; TEXTURE;

ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HIPPOTHERIUM PRIMIGENIUM; MAMMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 33750012389     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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