Reconstructing the diets of extinct South African carnivorans from premolar 'intercuspid notch' morphology

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Hartstone Rose, Adam ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnassial; Chasmaporthetes; Durophage; Hypercarnivore; Sabertooth; Scavenging niche

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DENTITION; DIET; EXTINCTION; FELID; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

SOUTH AFRICA;

FELIDAE; HYAENIDAE;

EID: 80955180932     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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