Dung of Mammuthus in the arid Southwest, North America

Auteurs :
MEAD, J. I.
AGENBROAD, L. D.
DAVIS, O. K.
MARTIN, P. S.

Description :
The discovery of a unique organic deposit in a dry cave on the Colorado Plateau, southern Utah, permits the first comparison of the physical characteristics and the diet of the dung of the extinct mammoths from the arid Southwest, North America, with that of mammoths from Siberia and northern China, the only other known locations of such remains. Grasses and sedges dominated the diet, although woody species were commonly eaten.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research New York, 1986, vol. 25, n°. 1, p. 121-127, Références bibliographiques : 20 réf.

Date :
1986