Tooth crown form as an indicator of niche partitioning among Late Miocene/Early Pliocene hyenas from 'E' Quarry, Langebaanweg, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 283, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 148-159

  Stynder, Deano D ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community wide character displacement; Early Pliocene; Geometric morphometrics; Hyenas; Langebaanweg

Indexed keywords

FELID; FOSSIL RECORD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIOCENE; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

AFRICA; CAPE PROVINCE; LANGEBAANWEG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HYAENIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 70350746064     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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