Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1993 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 5
Page 313
... tusk 5.2 Presence and size of canine tusks Features relating to skull bosses 6.1 Whether a boss is present behind the pineal foramen 6.2 Whether separate nasal bosses are present 6.3 Whether median boss over the nostrils is present ...
... tusk 5.2 Presence and size of canine tusks Features relating to skull bosses 6.1 Whether a boss is present behind the pineal foramen 6.2 Whether separate nasal bosses are present 6.3 Whether median boss over the nostrils is present ...
Page 316
... canine tusks ( 5.2 ) Various conditions of the caniniform tusks have been noted by previous authors ( Broom 1905 , 1913 , 1921 , 1935 ; Broili & Schroder 1937 ; Toerien 1953 ) . They have been reported to be large or small , always ...
... canine tusks ( 5.2 ) Various conditions of the caniniform tusks have been noted by previous authors ( Broom 1905 , 1913 , 1921 , 1935 ; Broili & Schroder 1937 ; Toerien 1953 ) . They have been reported to be large or small , always ...
Page 320
... 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 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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