Mesowear and microwear analyses use data from worn tooth surfaces as proxies for feeding
ecology. Mesowear is based on gross dental wear and forms over months to years. The …

Determining the diet of an extinct species is paramount in any attempt to reconstruct its
paleoecology. Because the distribution and mechanical properties of food items may impact …

Microwear, the quantification of microscopic scratches and pits on the occlusal surfaces of
tooth enamel, is commonly used as a paleodietary proxy. For ungulates (hoofed mammals) …

Megaherbivorous dinosaurs were exceptionally diverse on the Late Cretaceous island
continent of Laramidia, and a growing body of evidence suggests that this diversity was …

The seasonality of human occupations in archaeological sites is highly significant for the
study of hominin behavioural ecology, in particular the hunting strategies for their main prey …

Abstract Paleodietary trends for North American horses from Hyracotherium (early Eocene)
through Equus (late Pleistocene) were examined using dental microwear analysis. Over …

Different diets wear teeth in different ways and generate distinguishable wear and
microwear patterns that have long been the basis of palaeodiet reconstructions. Little …

The study of dental wear was first used years ago to infer the palaeoecology of fossil
mammals and in particular their diet. Results depend predominantly on the scale of the …

A variety of tooth‐wear and morphological dietary proxies have been proposed for
ungulates. In turn, they have been applied to fossil specimens with the purpose of …

Ontogenetic niche shifts, the phenomenon whereby animals change their resource use with
growth, were probably widespread in dinosaurs, but most studies of duck-billed dinosaur …