Paleoenvironmental conditions in the Spanish Miocene-Pliocene boundary: Isotopic analyses of Hipparion dental enamel

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-511

  Domingo, Laura ^a   Grimes, Stephen T ^b   Domingo, M Soledad ^c   Alberdi, M Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes; Hipparion; Miocene Pliocene boundary; Teruel Alfambra region

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; C4 PLANT; CENOZOIC; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE;

ARTICLE; ENAMEL; FOSSIL ANIMAL; HIPPARION; HORSE; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SPAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; EQUIDAE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPAIN;

ALFAMBRA; ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

EQUIDAE; HIPPARION; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 63949088222     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0500-y     Document Type: Article

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