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A comparison of the dietary habits of a large sample of the Pleistocene pronghorn Stockoceros onusrosagris from the Papago Springs Cave in Arizona to the modern Antilocapra americana

Florent Rivals Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, 11568-8000, U.S.A.; Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, 10024-5192, U.S.A.; University of Hamburg, Biozentrum Grindel and Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
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Gina M. Semprebon Department of Biology, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 01106, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 495-500 | Received 03 Jun 2005, Accepted 27 Dec 2005, Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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