Anchitherium aurelianense (Equidae, Mammalia): A brachydont "dirty browser" in the community of herbivorous large mammals from Sandelzhausen (Miocene, Germany)

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-140

  Kaiser, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachydont mixed feeder; Equidae; Feeding adaptation; Mesowear; Neogene; Palaeoecology; Ruminantia

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349147404     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-009-0002-z     Document Type: Article

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