Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 81The Museum, 1980 - Natural history |
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... nasal bosses . shows both stronger allometric growth and more variability than the length of these structures when the two are compared to either basal cranial ( Table 3 ) or basal snout ( Table 5 ) lengths . Three rather distinct types ...
... nasal bosses . shows both stronger allometric growth and more variability than the length of these structures when the two are compared to either basal cranial ( Table 3 ) or basal snout ( Table 5 ) lengths . Three rather distinct types ...
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... nasal boss . It is possible that the nasal bosses in Aulacephalodon could have served as a sexually selective feature for mate recognition and / or agonistic display mechanisms , or for both . Furthermore , the several relatively large ...
... nasal boss . It is possible that the nasal bosses in Aulacephalodon could have served as a sexually selective feature for mate recognition and / or agonistic display mechanisms , or for both . Furthermore , the several relatively large ...
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South African Museum. Nasal Boss Classification Type Size very large 3 2 large medium very large large medium small ... bosses enlarged in a positive allometric manner compared to snout and cranial lengths , but it appears that the ...
South African Museum. Nasal Boss Classification Type Size very large 3 2 large medium very large large medium small ... bosses enlarged in a positive allometric manner compared to snout and cranial lengths , but it appears that the ...
Contents
Relationships of Agriotherium | 72 |
Nomenclature | 98 |
Summary | 104 |
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50 Bongo abbreviations advanced Indarctos Africa africanum Agriotherium Ailuropoda allometric anomodont Archaeosigillaria Arctodus arctoides arctos arthrodire atticus Aulacephalodon author's name Baculites baini bed 3aN bicuspidata Bokkeveld bones Bongo BPI.FN Broom Butzer Cape Town Cape Zone Cave cranium Crusafont & Kurtén cusp deposits described Devonian Dicynodon Dredge SM Ecozone endocortical cast fauna female fish fossa fossil functional canine genera genus geol Hauericeras Haughton Hendey Hoepen Holocene holotype Indarctos Indarctos and Agriotherium Indarctos-Agriotherium indicated insigne Isotope Stage Keyser Langebaanweg Langebaanweg Agriotherium lateral leaf cushion lineage lycopods Lycosuchidae mammals maxilla metaconid nasal bosses Nelson Bay NeustonL Pondoland posterior R. G. Klein referred relatively represented RMTM RMTS sample Santonian sexual dimorphism similar skull snout South African Museum species specimens Stone Age surface Synonymy Table talonid teeth Temp Texanites Thalarctos Thenius therocephalian tooth Trochosaurus Umzamba Upper Pleistocene Ursavus ursids Ursinae ventral vireti Zambesian Zululand