Dental microwear in the orthodentine of the Xenarthra (Mammalia) and its use in reconstructing the palaeodiet of extinct taxa: the case study of Nothrotheriops shastensis (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Nothrotheriidae)

The utility of orthodentine microwear analysis as a proxy for dietary reconstruction in xenarthrans (tree sloths, armadillos) was quantitatively and statistically accessed via low‐magnification stereomicroscopy. Features such as number of scratches and pits, as well as presence of gouges, hypercoars...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 2009-05, Vol.156 (1), p.201-222
1. Verfasser:	GREEN, JEREMY L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Armadillo armadillos Cingulata dentine diet ecology ground sloths Mammalia Nothrotheriops shastensis Tardigrada teeth tree sloths Xenarthra
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