Taphonomic evidence of a Paleogene mammalian predator-prey interaction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Vasileiadou, Katerina ^a,b   Hooker, Jerry J ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bite marks; Carnivore; Eocene; Etching; Rodents; Theridomyidae

Indexed keywords

BONE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PALEOGENE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AMPHICYONIDAE; ANIMALIA; ISOPTYCHUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; THALERIMYS FORDI; THERIDOMYIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845467110     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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