Correlating the success of Hippopotaminae with the C4 grass expansion in Africa: Relationship and diet of early Pliocene hippopotamids from Langebaanweg, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 350-361

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a,b,c   Merceron, Gildas ^d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Service et de Recherche 3137   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Faunal turnover; Hippopotamine event; Large semiaquatic herbivores; Microwear analysis; Photosynthetic pathways

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; C4 PLANT; CORRELATION; DIET; FLORISTICS; GRASS; HERB; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLIOCENE; UNGULATE;

LANGEBAANWEG; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; POACEAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79960724114     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.040     Document Type: Article

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