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Tooth microwear and diet in the African Viverridae

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1987
Distinct tooth microwear patterns were observed in viverrids (Carnivora). Epoxy replicas of the upper tooth row of 32 specimens of 12 species of African viverrids were prepared and examined using a scanning electron microscope. Four general patterns emerged: (i) teeth with deeply scored grooves and scratches predominantly in the vertical direction ...
Mark E. Taylor, Alan G. Hannam
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Dietary plasticity in ungulates: Insight from tooth microwear analysis

Quaternary International, 2011
Abstract In recent years, tooth microwear has been used as a powerful tool for investigating mammalian diets in paleontological or archaeological contexts. Tooth microwear techniques were applied to a number of late Pleistocene assemblages of bison (Bison antiquus) from North America to analyze bison dietary traits, but more particularly, to test for
Florent Rivals
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Dental microwear of European Miocene catarrhines: evidence for diets and tooth use

Journal of Human Evolution, 1996
Abstract Paleontologists have identified ape-like primates from the middle and late Miocene of Europe for more than a century, and new finds continue to improve the record of these important forms. Both hominoids and plio-pithecids are recognized in these assemblages.
Peter S Ungar
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Tooth microwear pattern variation in karst and non-karst peninsular Southeast Asian murine rodents

Mammal Research, 2023
International audience ; The dietary preferences of most rodents, especially in tropical countries, are poorly known. In the tropics, rodent diversity can be high and several species can coexist in the same habitats. In order to better document the dietary habits of Southeast Asian murid and diatomyid rodents, we examined microwear patterns in 21 ...
Sirikorn Sripho, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Alice Latinne, Serge Morand, Julien Claude   +4 more
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Incisor microwear, diet, and tooth use in three Amerindian populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1999
Incisor microwear patterns have been shown to reflect aspects of diet and ingestive behaviors in a wide range of nonhuman primates. While some studies have suggested that anterior dental microwear might be used to infer unusual front tooth use practices in archaeological populations, quantitative work on modern human incisors has thus far been limited.
Peter S Ungar
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Diet and ecological niches of the Late Pleistocene hyenas Crocuta spelaea and C. ultima ussurica based on a study of tooth microwear

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022
Florent Rivals, Gennady F Baryshnikov, Natalya E Prilepskaya   +2 more
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Tooth microwear and premaxillary shape of an archaic antelope

Lethaia, 1993
Extant ungulates can be divided into three dietary categories: browsing feeders, grazing feeders, and mixed feeders. Dietary adaptations can be differentiated in extinct ruminants based upon tooth microwear analysis as well as evaluation of premaxillary morphology.
Nikos Solounias, Sonja M.C. Moelleken
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First insights into the function of the sawshark rostrum through examination of rostral tooth microwear

Journal of Fish Biology, 2017
Potential roles of the rostrum of sawsharks (Pristiophoridae), including predation and self‐defence, were assessed through a variety of inferential methods. Comparison of microwear on the surface of the rostral teeth of sawsharks and sawfishes (Pristidae) show that microwear patterns are alike and suggest that the elongate rostra in these two ...
Nevatte, R.J., Wueringer, B.E., Jacob, D.E., Park, J.M., Williamson, J.E.   +4 more
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Feeding traits and dietary variation in Pleistocene proboscideans: A tooth microwear review

Quaternary Science Reviews, 2019
Abstract Microwear data were analysed to study dietary traits in Elephantidae, Mammutidae, and Gomphotheriidae from Plio-Pleistocene localities from Europe and North America and included the following taxa: Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Mammuthus rumanus, M. meridionalis, M. trogontherii, M. primigenius, M.
Florent Rivals, Gina M. Semprebon, Adrian M. Lister   +2 more
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Which tooth to sample? A methodological study of the utility of premolar/non-carnassial teeth in the microwear analysis of mammals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2017
Low magnification dental microwear constitutes one of the most important proxies on the ecology and evolution of diet in mammals. Numerous studies have been established on the reconstruction of dietary ecology of even-toed and carnivorous taxa. To date, these studies have used the second permanent molars or carnassials exclusively, for ungulates or ...
Alexandros Xafis, Doris Nagel, Katharina Bastl   +2 more
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