Feeding ecology and niche partitioning of the laetoli ungulate faunas

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199556, 2011, Pages 329-354

  Kaiser, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Equidae; Giraffidae; Mesowear; Paleodiet; Paleoecology; Pliocene; Ruminantia; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045101938     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9956-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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