Evidence of dietary differentiation among late paleocene-early eocene plesiadapids (mammalia, primates)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-210

  Boyer, Doug M ^a   Evans, Alistair R ^b   Jernvall, Jukka ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental complexity; Folivore; Global climate change; Omnivore; Relief index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; INCISOR; MAMMAL; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PALEOCENE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIMATE; TOOTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BICUSPID; BODY SIZE; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FOOD HABITS; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; INCISOR; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; SKULL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACHOERODUS; DERMOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PLESIADAPIDAE; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA;

EID: 77952749197     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21211     Document Type: Article

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