Dental mesowear reflects local vegetation and niche separation in Pleistocene proboscideans from Britain

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 799-808

  Saarinen, Juha ^a,b   Lister, Adrian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

diet; mesowear angles; Pleistocene; pollen; Proboscidea

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; DIET; ELEPHANT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; NICHE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL);

EID: 84992451591     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2906     Document Type: Article

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