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SUBMITTER: Paine OCC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382097 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paine Oliver C C OCC Leichliter Jennifer N JN Avenant Nico N Codron Daryl D Lawrence Austin A Sponheimer Matt M
PloS one 20190220 2
The taxonomic identification of mammalian fauna within fossil assemblages is a well-established component of paleoenvironmental reconstructions. However, many fragmentary specimens recovered from fossil sites are often disregarded as they can be difficult to identify with the precision required for taxonomic methods. For this reason, the large numbers of isolated rodent incisors that are often recovered from hominin fossil bearing sites are generally regarded as offering little interpretive valu ...[more]