کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4468858 | 1622337 | 2008 | 17 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

In the middle Villafranchian (Late Pliocene) fossil deposit of Saint-Vallier (Drôme, France), the international biochronological reference for the MN17 biozone, deer are the most common species. Two middle-sized taxa, “Metacervoceros” rhenanus [Dubois, E., 1904. On an equivalent of the Cromer Forest Bed in the Netherlands. Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, 214–222] and Croizetoceros ramosus (Croizet and Jobert, 1828), are particularly abundant. We have performed functional morphology and micro- and mesowear analyses in order to explain if and how the two herbivorous species avoided intra-guild competition. The results of the microwear analysis show a clear difference in the wear pattern of their tooth enamel, demonstrating the two species had different feeding behaviour habits.
Journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - Volume 257, Issues 1–2, 7 January 2008, Pages 106–122