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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"artiodactyls"”.
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Species Identification of the Stylohyoid Bone for North American Artiodactyls
Zooarchaeologists cannot identify mammal species by their stylohyoid bones. Current trends in zooarchaeological research stress the need for rigorous and accessible identification methodology. I examined the stylohyoids of 15 hooved mammals: cattle, bison, domestic sheep, bighorn sheep, Dall sheep, …
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Towards a Temporal Theory of Ecology: Body Mass Role for Activity Patterns of North American Artiodactyls
… and diel patterns of activity of North American artiodactyls. Artiodactyla, a diverse mammalian suborder, reflects episodes of rapid evolution driven by climate volatility, resulting in a wide range of body sizes and morphologies. Utilizing a wide range of body masses to investigate its …
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Accounting for intraspecific variation transforms our understanding of artiodactyl social evolution
… system for Artiodactyla. Eighty-two percent of artiodactyls showed IVSO, whereas 31% exhibited IVMS. Eighty percent of perissodactyls had variable social organization and only one species showed IVMS. The ancestral population of Artiodactyla was predicted to have variable social organization …
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Mammalian Postcranial Evolution and Primate Extinction in the Middle Eocene of North America
… that preferred more open habitats such as artiodactyls. In this dissertation I describe and analyze the postcranial morphology of Uintan mammals from the Uinta Formation in Utah to address which lineages evolved to take advantage of arid habitats and which did not. The primary goal of this …
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Faunal Analysis of the Mesa 12 Archaeological Site (45GR144): Grant County, Washington
… suckers/minnows, turtle, rodents, rabbits, and artiodactyls including pronghorn and sheep. Interestingly, there was a large number of fish remains from atop the mesa (713 of 3,055 specimens, 23%) and none from the base of the mesa (of 937 specimens). The Mesa 12 faunal distribution was compared …
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Giraffa camelopardalis: limb bone histology through ontogeny
… a few that have examined the bone histology of artiodactyls, or focused specifically on osteohistological changes during ontogeny. The current study investigates the microanatomy and histology of giraffe limb bones through ontogeny. Mid-diaphyseal sections of humeri, radii, metacarpals, femora, …