Dietary evaluations and paleoecology of an extinct giraffid (Giraffokeryx punjabiensis) from Siwaliks of Pakistan

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1355-1365

  Tariq, M ^a   Jahan, N ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy.; Hypsodonty; Mesowear; Miocene; Sivatherines; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

GIRAFFIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84908325317     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: 23098694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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