Paleodietary reconstruction of fossil horses from the Eocene through Pleistocene of North America

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 442, Issue , 2016, Pages 110-127

  Semprebon, Gina M ^a   Rivals, Florent ^b,c,d   Solounias, Nikos ^e   Hulbert, Richard C ^f  

^a Bay Path University   (United States)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Diet; Equidae; Horses; Microwear; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ENAMEL; EOCENE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HORSE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84947983321     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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