Ancient marine isoscapes and isotopic evidence of bulk-feeding by Oligocene cetaceans

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-40

  Clementz, Mark T ^a   Fordyce, R Ewan ^b   Peek, Stephanie L ^a   Fox, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeoceti; Bulla; Enamel; Filter feeding; Neoceti; Oligocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT TYPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEOCETI; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 84896542407     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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