Origin, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of early Bovini

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 60-72

  Bibi, Faysal ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boselaphini; Bovidae; Bovinae; Bovini; Diet; Grasslands; Late Miocene; Mesowear; Monsoon; Pachyportax; Selenoportax; Siwaliks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; RUMINANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; BOVINI; TETRACERUS QUADRICORNIS;

EID: 34147191956     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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