Paleoenvironment of Dryopithecus brancoi at Rudabánya, Hungary: evidence from dental meso- and micro-wear analyses of large vegetarian mammals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-349

  Merceron, Gildas ^a   Schulz, Ellen ^a   Kordos, László ^b   Kaiser, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diet; Environment; Hominoid; Miocene; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT; HOMINID; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; UNGULATE;

BORSOD-ABAUJ-ZEMPLEN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; RUDABANYA;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; DRYOPITHECUS; EQUIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; MAMMALIA; MICROMERYX; MOSCHIDAE; OURANOPITHECUS MACEDONIENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34548534477     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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