Diet and isotopes of Late pleistocene ground sloths: First results for Lestodon and Glossotherium (Xenarthra, Tardigrada)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-266

  Czerwonogora, Ada ^a   Fariña, Richard A ^a   Tonni, Eduardo Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Late pleistocene; Megafauna; Pampean region; Trophic habits

Indexed keywords

DIETARY INTAKE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; NICHE; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYLODONTIDAE; SLOTHS; TARDIGRADA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84855405468     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0197     Document Type: Article

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