Dung, diet, and the paleoenvironment of the extinct shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) on the Colorado Plateau, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-151

  Kropf, Manny ^a   Mead, Jim I ^a   Scott Anderson, R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bechan Cave; Dung; Escalante River Basin; Euceratherium; Microhistology; Paleoenvironment; Pleistocene; Pollen

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; ESCALANTE; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BOS TAURUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; QUERCUS; SALIX;

EID: 33846307119     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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