Effect of ontogenetic-age distribution in fossil and modern samples on the interpretation of ungulate paleodietes using the mesowear method

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 763-767

  Rivals, Florent ^a   Mihlbachler, Matthew C ^b,c   Solounias, Nikos ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DIET; FOSSIL RECORD; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH; UNGULATE; WEAR;

UNGULATA;

EID: 34848902857     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[763:EOODIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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