A New Tooth Wear–Based Dietary Analysis Method for Proboscidea (Mammalia)

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• Submitted July 31, 2013; revisions received April 3, 2014; accepted April 13, 2014. Handling editor: Anjali Goswami.Citation for this article: Saarinen, J., A. Karme, T. Cerling, K. Uno, L. Säilä, S. Kasiki, S. Ngene, T. Obari, E. Mbua, F. K. Manthi, and M. Fortelius. 2015. A new tooth wear–based dietary analysis method for Proboscidea (Mammalia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.918546
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