Dental wear variation and implications for diet: An example from Eocene perissodactyls (Mammalia)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 263, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Joomun, Sarah C ^a,b   Hooker, Jerry J ^b   Collinson, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene; Mesowear; Microwear; Palaeotherium; Plagiolophus; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DIET; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EXTINCTION; OLIGOCENE; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LA DEBRUGE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAUCLUSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; PROCAVIIDAE; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 44649138461     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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