The impact of regional climate on the evolution of mammals: A case study using fossil horses

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-408

  Eronen, Jussi T ^a   Evans, Alistair R ^b,c   Fortelius, Mikael ^a,c   Jernvall, Jukka ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchitherium; Dental durability; GIS; Miocene; Palaeodiet; Three dimensional (3D) scanning; Tooth crown height; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATIC REGION; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GIS; GRASS; HORSE; MIOCENE; SHRUB; TOOTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HORSE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HORSES; TOOTH;

SPAIN;

ANCHITHERIINAE; ANCHITHERIUM; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 75149165776     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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