Dietary change and evolution of horses in North America

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6021, 2011, Pages 1178-1181

  Mihlbachler, Matthew C ^a,b   Rivals, Florent ^c   Solounias, Nikos ^a,b   Semprebon, Gina M ^d  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^d Bay Path College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COOLING; CORRELATION; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HORSE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; COOLING; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GRASSLAND; HEIGHT; HORSE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISEASE; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; DENTITION; DIET; EQUIDAE; FOSSILS; HORSES; MOLAR; NORTH AMERICA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH WEAR;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79952254230     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1196166     Document Type: Article

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