Comparison of Paleodietary Reconstructions Using Pre- and Post-Glacial Mammut and Mammuthus

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dc.contributor.advisorTheodor, Jessica
dc.contributor.advisorKooyman, Brian
dc.contributor.authorCammidge, Tasha Sabrina
dc.contributor.committeememberDutchak, Alexander
dc.contributor.committeememberAnderson, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-13T19:37:39Z
dc.date.available2017-02-13T19:37:39Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractMesowear, microwear and dental calculus analyses are utilized to complete dietary reconstructions on Mammut and Mammuthus, and are compared to modern Loxodonta africana. These analyses demonstrate that left and right, upper and lower, and imperfect molars may be utilized indiscriminately. Loxodonta africana are grazers or mixed-feeders. Mammut were primarily browsers, but may have changed their diets meal-by-meal or seasonally to graze or mixed-feed. Mesowear analysis of Mammuthus indicates a grazing diet, but microwear analysis indicates a mixed-feeding diet. Dental calculus analysis shows all three species were mixed-feeding. Mesowear and microwear show no differences in pre- and post-glacial diet for fossil proboscideans, but dental calculus showed large differences. In pre-glacial dental calculus there was a larger proportion of tiny grass starch granules, whereas post-glacially there is a larger proportion of large grass starch granules with lamellae. This result is consistent with a shift in Mammut and Mammuthus diet during the end-Pleistocene.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCammidge, T. S. (2017). Comparison of Paleodietary Reconstructions Using Pre- and Post-Glacial Mammut and Mammuthus (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25376en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25376
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3652
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectZoology
dc.subjectPaleontology
dc.subject.otherPaleodietary reconstruction
dc.subject.otherproboscidean
dc.subject.otherend-Pleistocene
dc.subject.othermesowear
dc.subject.othermicrowear
dc.subject.otherdental calculus
dc.titleComparison of Paleodietary Reconstructions Using Pre- and Post-Glacial Mammut and Mammuthus
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineBiological Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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