Dental microwear patterns of extant and extinct Muridae (Rodentia, Mammalia): Ecological implications

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-542

  Gomes Rodrigues, Helder ^a   Merceron, Gildas ^c   Viriot, Laurent ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Dental microwear; Murid rodents; Paleoecology; Sa domys afarensis

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; NEOGENE; PALEOECOLOGY; RODENT;

ARTICLE; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MURIDAE; NEOGENE; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SAIDOMYS AFARENSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLAR; MURIDAE; POACEAE; TOOTH; TOOTH ABRASION;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HEXAPODA; HOMINIDAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 63949087283     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0501-x     Document Type: Article

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