Foraging behavior of Chleuastochoerus (Suidae, Artiodactyla): A case study of skull and mandible morpho-functional analysis

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 988-998

  Hou, SuKuan ^a   Deng, Tao ^a   He, Wen ^b   Chen, ShanQin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Hezheng Paleozoological Museum   (China)

Author keywords

foraging behavior; Late Miocene; Linxia Basin; morpho functional analysis; Suidae

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; MAMMALS; MASTICATION; MUSCLE;

FORAGING BEHAVIORS; FOREST EDGE; LATE MIOCENE; LINXIA BASIN; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SUIDAE;

BONE;

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PALEONTOLOGY; PIG; SKULL;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS;

CHINA; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN;

ARTIODACTYLA; SUIDAE; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 84899931026     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4733-z     Document Type: Article

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