Porcupine gnaw marks on a Late Pliocene bone from the Upper Siwaliks exposed near Village Khetpurali (Haryana, India)
Abstract Abstract:Bone accumulation by porcupines at archaeological sites is well known. However, in paleontological sites such a taphonomical occurrence is rather rare. We here report porcupine (Hystrix sp.) gnaw marks on an unidentified bone fragment, dated to ~2.6 Ma from the Upper Siwalik deposi...
Main Authors: | JAGJEET KAUR, RAJEEV PATNAIK, BAHADUR SINGH, KEWAL KRISHAN |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2019-02-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652019000100501&lng=en&tlng=en |
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