Microwear evidence for Plio-Pleistocene bovid diets from Makapansgat Limeworks Cave, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-319

  Schubert, Blaine W ^a   Ungar, Peter S ^b   Sponheimer, Matt ^c   Reed, Kaye E ^d  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovids; Makapansgat; Microwear; Paleodiets; Paleoecology; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DIET; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; MAKAPANSGAT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AEPYCEROS; ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BOVIDAE; GAZELLA; PARMULARIUS; REDUNCA; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII;

EID: 33750975358     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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