The giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris: Modelling the bone-cracking behavior of an extinct carnivore

Quaternary International

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-79

  Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^b   Pérez Claros, Juan A ^a   Torregrosa, Vanessa ^c   Figueirido, Borja ^a   Jiménez Arenas, Juan Manuel ^d   Patrocinio Espigares, M ^e   Ros Montoya, Sergio ^e   De Renzi, Miquel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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

^c Fundación Geociencias Avda Sor Teresa Prat ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontología de Orce   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIET; EXTINCTION; HUNTING; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; UNGULATE;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SPAIN;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA; PACHYCROCUTA BREVIROSTRIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 81255149587     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.035     Document Type: Article

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