Feeding habits of the first european colobine, Mesopithecus (Mammalia, Primates): Evidence from a comparative dental microwear analysis with modern cercopithecids;Habitudes alimentaires du premier colobiné européen, Mesopithecus : Apports de l'analyse comparative des micro-usures dentaires avec des cercopithecidés actuels

Geodiversitas

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 865-878

  Merceron, Gildas ^a   Koufos, George D ^b   Valentin, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoids; Diet; Ecology; Europe; Mammalia; Neogene; Primates

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MAMMALIA; MESOPITHECUS PENTELICUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 76249109373     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2009n4a865     Document Type: Article

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