Intertooth variation of orthodentine microwear in armadillos (Cingulata) and tree sloths (Pilosa)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 768-778

  Green, Jeremy L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Dental microwear; Diet; Ecology; Orthodentine; Teeth; Tree sloth; Variation; Xenarthrans

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOLOGY; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; BRADYPODIDAE; BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS; CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS; CINGULATA; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; EUPHRACTUS; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; MEGALONYCHIDAE; SLOTHS;

EID: 67649975621     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-257R1.1     Document Type: Article

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