Carbon and strontium isotope ratios shed new light on the paleobiology and collapse of Theropithecus, a primate experiment in graminivory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110393
Abstract: Abstract The rise and spread of tropical grasslands was a signal event in the Cenozoic, causing many ungulates to evolve adaptations to a diet of graminoid tissues, or graminivory. In parallel, a lineage of monkeys… read more here.
Keywords: carbon strontium; graminivory; strontium isotope; isotope ratios ... See more keywords