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Dietary Habits and Tusk Usage of Shovel-Tusked Gomphotheres from Florida: Evidence from Stereoscopic Wear of Molars and Upper and Lower Tusks
SIMPLE SUMMARY: The shovel-tusked gomphotheres have long intrigued paleontologists and the general public as they are one of the most notable of all elephant ancestors. This is due to their highly distinctive and broad, flattened lower tusks that look remarkably like the head of a shovel. There has...
Autores principales: | Semprebon, Gina M., Pirlo, Jeanette, Dudek, Julia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9774678/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36552258 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11121748 |
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