Dietary interpretation and paleoecology of herbivores from Pikermi and Samos (late Miocene of Greece)

A large sample of the Pikermi and Samos ungulates was examined by microwear analysis using a light stereomicroscope (561 extinct and 809 extant comparative specimens). The results were used to infer the dietary adaptations of individual species and to evaluate the Pikermian Biome ungulate fauna. Man...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Paleobiology 2010-01, Vol.36 (1), p.113-136
Hauptverfasser:	Solounias, Nikos, Rivals, Florent, Semprebon, Gina M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	adaptation Aegean Islands Attica Greece Biological taxonomies Biomes bivariate analysis Cenozoic Chordata Diet Europe Eutheria Fauna faunal list faunal studies Fossils Fruits Grasses Grazing Greece Greek Aegean Islands Herbivores herbivorous taxa Horses Mammalia Mediterranean region microwear Miocene Museums Neogene Paleoecology Paleontology Pikermi Greece Pleistocene Ruminants s Samos Savannahs Southern Europe Species diversity statistical analysis Sterea Ellas Studies Taxa Teeth Tertiary Tetrapoda Theria Ungulata Ungulates upper Miocene vegetation Vertebrata vertebrate Woodlands
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