Stable isotope evidence for an amphibious phase in early proboscidean evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5786-5791

  Liu, Alexander G S C ^a   Seiffert, Erik R ^b   Simons, Elwyn L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barytherium; Eocene; Fayum; Moeritherium; Proboscidea

Indexed keywords

STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXACEAE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELEPHANTS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SIRENIA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; HYRACOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL); PROCAVIIDAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 44449101129     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800884105     Document Type: Article

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