Occlusal enamel complexity and its implications for lophodonty, hypsodony, body mass, and diet in extinct and extant ungulates

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 387, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-216

  Famoso, Nicholas A ^a   Feranec, Robert S ^b   Davis, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Enamel complexity; Equidae; Isometry; Mammal; Teeth

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIET; ENAMEL; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; UNGULATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84884152534     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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