Trace element analyses indicative of paleodiets in Middle Miocene mammals from the Somosaguas site (Madrid, Spain)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-247

  Domingo, L ^a,b   Lopez Martinez N ^b   Grimes, S T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Geochemistry; Herbivores; Paleoecology; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; OMNIVORY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH; TRACE ELEMENT;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SOMOSAGUAS; SPAIN;

ANCHITHERIUM; CONOHYUS; EQUIDAE; GOMPHOTHERIUM; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84867566450     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001746     Document Type: Article

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