Dietary ecology of Pleistocene mammoths and mastodons as inferred from dental microwear textures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.024
Abstract: Abstract The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) and the American mastodon (Mammut americanum) have traditionally been considered to have been ecologically distinct, with mammoths often characterized as cosmopolitan grazers or mixed feeders and mastodons as forest-dwelling… read more here.
Keywords: dental microwear; textural properties; pleistocene mammoths; ecology ... See more keywords