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Evidence of predation /scavenging on Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the Late Miocene of Spain

dc.contributor.authorDomingo, María Soledaden_US
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, Israel M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlberdi, María Teresaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAzanza, Beatrizen_US
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Jorgeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-12T17:23:27Z
dc.date.available2013-09-03T15:38:27Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-07en_US
dc.identifier.citationDomingo, María Soledad ; Sánchez, Israel M. ; Alberdi, María Teresa ; Azanza, Beatriz ; Morales, Jorge (2012). "Evidence of predationâ /scavenging on Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the Late Miocene of Spain." Lethaia 45(3). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92040>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1502-3931en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92040
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.titleEvidence of predation /scavenging on Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the Late Miocene of Spainen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeology and Earth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMaría Soledad Domingo [ soledm@umich.edu ], Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Israel M. Sánchez [ israelms@mncn.csic.es ], María Teresa Alberdi [ mcnaa3j@mncn.csic.es ] and Jorge Morales [ mcnm166@mncn.csic.es ], Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales‐CSIC, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain; Beatriz Azanza [ azanza@unizar.es ], Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain;en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00294.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceLethaiaen_US
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