Dietary niches of terrestrial cercopithecines from the Plio-Pleistocene Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: evidence from Dental Microwear Texture Analysis

Martin, Florian; Plastiras, Chris-Alexander; Merceron, Gildas; Souron, Antoine; Boisserie, Jean‐Renaud

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32092-z

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Dietary niches of terrestrial cercopithecines from the Plio-Pleistocene Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: evidence from Dental Microwear Texture Analysis

Published in Scientific Reports • Sep 13, 2018

Authors:

Florian Martin

Chris-Alexander Plastiras

Gildas Merceron

Abstract

This study aims to explore the feeding ecology of two terrestrial papionins, Papio and Theropithecus from the Shungura Formation in Ethiopia, the most complete stratigraphic and paleontological record of the African Plio-Pleistocene. Two aspects were evaluated using Dental Microwear Texture Analysis...

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Extant taxon

Plio-Pleistocene

Herbivore

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