Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1993 - Natural history |
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... canine . The intertemporal region , as illustrated by Watson , is rather wide for Diictodon ( based on the sample of specimens in the South African Museum ) , although this appear- ance can result when the skull roof is weathered and ...
... canine . The intertemporal region , as illustrated by Watson , is rather wide for Diictodon ( based on the sample of specimens in the South African Museum ) , although this appear- ance can result when the skull roof is weathered and ...
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... canine that had a thickened ridge above and behind it , and the small preparietal . Broom ( 1921 ) distinguished Dicynodon sollasi from other species on the basis of such characters as the delicate build of the skull , the feebler tusk ...
... canine that had a thickened ridge above and behind it , and the small preparietal . Broom ( 1921 ) distinguished Dicynodon sollasi from other species on the basis of such characters as the delicate build of the skull , the feebler tusk ...
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... canine tusks , none of these is useful for delimiting species , as discussed above . CONCLUSION Since no reliable specific characters can be found , it is not possible to justify the 20 different species of Diictodon that exist in the ...
... canine tusks , none of these is useful for delimiting species , as discussed above . CONCLUSION Since no reliable specific characters can be found , it is not possible to justify the 20 different species of Diictodon that exist in the ...
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affected by distortion African Museum sample AMNH Beaufort West District bio-zone Kitching 1977 boss is present Broili & Schröder Broom & Haughton canine tusks caniniform process Cape Province Cistecephalus bio-zone Kitching Cluver & Hotton cover the parietals dentary table Dicynodon Dicynodon-Theriognathus assemblage zone Diictodon galeops Diictodon grossarthi Diictodon jouberti Diictodon psittacops Diictodon sollasi Diictodon specimens Dunedin Quaggafontein 82 elevated preparietal feliceps Owen Fraserburg Fraserburg District genus Diictodon Graaff-Reinet Graaff-Reinet District Hoepen holotype ictidops Broom jouberti Broom jugal Karoo Sequence La-de-da Leeu Kloof 43 Leeukloof Leeu Kloof locality lower jaw maxilla maxillary rim median boss Murraysburg nostrils pineal opening postfrontal postorbital bar premaxilla preorbital preparietal previous authors Pristerognathus-Diictodon assemblage zone septomaxilla sexual dimorphism Skull and lower skull length skull roof small boss snout sollasi Broom South African Museum SPECIES OF DIICTODON sutural pattern Synonymy Tapinocephalus bio-zone Kitching Tapinocephalus-Bradysaurus assemblage zone Tropidostoma-Endothiodon assemblage zone tusks variability Victoria West District von Huene