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Extreme Variation in the Sagittal Crest of Tapirus polkensis (Mammalia Perissodactyla) at the Gray Fossil Site Northeastern TN.
… preservation and quantity of fossil tapirs (<em>Tapirus polkensis</em>) from the Gray Fossil Site in northeastern Tennessee provides a unique opportunity for comparison and analysis of skeletal characters. Intraspecifically, modern tapirs show little to no variation in the morphology of the …
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Population Structure Based on Age-Class Distribution of <em>Tapirus polkensis</em> from the Gray Fossil Site Tennessee.
<p>Individuals of <em>Tapirus polkensis</em> from the Gray Fossil Site exhibit an excellent level of preservation. Intact skulls collected from the site were arranged in a rough age class system separated into 7 categories based on the teeth present and amount of dental wear. Such an eruption …
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Using Geographical Information Systems to Investigate Spatial Patterns in Fossils of Tapirus polkenis from the Gray Fossil Site, Washington County, Tennessee
… analysis has been applied to fossils of <em>Tapirus polkensis</em>, characterizing the spatial patterns exhibited. These analyses determined the importance of taphonomic and depositional processes that occurred during the sites formation. Six characteristics were analyzed, four at the bone …
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Variation in the Modified First Metatarsal of a Large Sample of <em>Tapirus polkensis</em> and the Functional Implications for Ceratomorphs.
… of the third metatarsal in tapiroids. In <em>Tapirus indicus</em>, <em>T. webbi</em>, and 6 out of 31 <em>T. polkensis</em> feet at Gray, it extends more laterally to articulate with the fourth metatarsal. This condition is too variable for species distinction but is correlated with a decrease …
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The Occurrence of an Abdominal Fauna in an Articulated Tapir (<em>Tapirus polkensis</em>) Recovered from the Miocene Gray Fossil Site Northeast Tennessee.
… from fecal samples from the Baird's tapir (<em>Tapirus bairdii</em>) in Costa Rica and from samples collected from the Lowland tapir (<em>T. terrestris</em>) from Ecuador to assess their similarity to our fossil sample. Based on these data we discuss what role parasites may have played in the …
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Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) em uma área de floresta subtropical no sul do Brasil: dieta, uso da área e densidade populacional
… role, and density of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris L.) population from the Parque Florestal Estadual do Turvo in the subtropical forest of the upper Uruguay river basin, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The presence of tapir was determined by following fresh tracks, counting …