Stable isotopes reveal ecological differences amongst now‐extinct proboscideans from the C incinnati region, USA

EJ Baumann Jr, BE Crowley - Boreas, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The mobility and dietary preferences of now‐extinct proboscideans have not been
comprehensively examined in the central USA. We used stable carbon (δ13C), oxygen …

Life histories and niche dynamics in late Quaternary proboscideans from midwestern North America

C Widga, G Hodgins, K Kolis, S Lengyel… - Quaternary …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Stable isotopes of mammoths and mastodons have the potential to illuminate ecological
changes in late Pleistocene landscapes and megafaunal populations as these species …

Proboscideans and paleoenvironments of the Pleistocene Great Lakes: landscape, vegetation, and stable isotopes

JZ Metcalfe, FJ Longstaffe, G Hodgins - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, we review the history of proboscideans in the Great Lakes region (Ontario and
western New York) in the context of local glacial and vegetational histories. Further, we …

Taxonomy, location of origin and health status of proboscideans from Western Canada investigated using stable isotope analysis

JZ Metcalfe, FJ Longstaffe, CN Jass… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the application of stable isotope analysis of proboscidean remains
(collagen in bone/dentin/cementum and structural carbonate in enamel bioapatite) for genus …

Stable Isotope Ecology of a Late Miocene Population of Gomphotherium productus (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Port of Entry Pit, Oklahoma, USA

DL Fox, DC Fisher - Palaios, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of serial samples of enamel from tusks
of Gomphotherium productus (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Port of Entry Pit, Oklahoma …

Dietary reconstruction of Miocene Gomphotherium (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Great Plains region, USA, based on the carbon isotope composition of tusk and …

DL Fox, DC Fisher - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2004 - Elsevier
The Miocene of the Great Plains of North America has long been recognized as an interval
of major ecological reorganization. To reconstruct the dietary response of the proboscidean …

Multiproxy evidence for leaf-browsing and closed habitats in extinct proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Central Chile

E González-Guarda… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Proboscideans are so-called ecosystem engineers and are considered key players in
hypotheses about Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. However, knowledge about the …

Isotopic paleoecology of Clovis mammoths from Arizona

JZ Metcalfe, FJ Longstaffe… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The causes of megafaunal extinctions in North America have been widely debated but
remain poorly understood. Mammoths (Mammuthus spp.) in the American Southwest were …

Diet and habitat for six American Pleistocene proboscidean species using carbon and oxygen stable isotopes

VA Pérez-Crespo, JL Prado, MT Alberdi… - Ameghiniana, 2016 - BioOne
Diet and habitat were estimated, based on stable isotopes, for six species of proboscideans
inhabiting the Americas during the Pleistocene. In North America, Mammuthus columbi …

Paleoecology of late Pleistocene–Holocene faunas of eastern and central Wyoming, USA, with implications for LGM climate models

MJ Kohn, MP McKay - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Oxygen and carbon isotope compositions of teeth were measured for a variety of fossil
herbivores, omnivores and carnivores from Natural Trap Cave (NTC) and Little Box Elder …