Taxonomic overview and tusk growth analyses of Ziegler Reservoir proboscideans

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-532

  Fisher, Daniel C ^a   Cherney, Michael D ^a   Newton, Cody ^b,c   Rountrey, Adam N ^a,d   Calamari, Zachary T ^a,e   Stucky, Richard K ^b   Lucking, Carol ^b   Petrie, Lesley ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American mastodon; Columbian mammoth; Mandibular tusks; Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 5; MicroCT; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene; Stable isotope profiles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMERICAN MASTODON; COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH; MANDIBULAR TUSKS; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; MICRO CT; PALEOCLIMATES; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE PROFILES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BIOINDICATOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMOTH; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

MAMMUT AMERICANUM; MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI;

EID: 84926229175     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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