Palaeoecology of late Early Miocene fauna in the Namib based on 13C/12C and 18O/16O ratios of tooth enamel and ratite eggshell carbonate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Ségalen, Loïc ^a   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mammalian teeth; Miocene; Namibia; Ratite eggshells; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EGGSHELL; ENAMEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; TOOTH;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; CRASSULACEAE; DEINOTHERIIDAE; GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; PLIOHYRACIDAE; RHINOCEROTIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 65749118142     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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