- Tytuł:
- Cranial morphology, systematics and succession of beavers from the middle Miocene Valentine Formation of Nebraska, USA
- Autorzy:
- Korth, W W
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/21878.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2008
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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Miocene
beaver
systematics
Valentine Formation
paleontology
fauna succession
cranial morphology
USA
Castoridae
Barstovian
Clarendonian
Middle Miocene
Nebraska - Opis:
- Previously, it was believed that there was a dramatic turn−over in the fauna of beavers (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Barstovian to the Clarendonian from Nebraska. Stratigraphically controlled collections of fossil castorids from the Valentine Formation, which cross this boundary, now indicate that a complete change in the castorid fauna did not occur, but instead a more gradual change and replacement of earlier taxa with more advanced taxa occurred. The range of Eucastor tortus and Monosaulax skinneri is extended from late Barstovian into the latest Barstovian Devil’s Gulch Member and the range of the otherwise Clarendonian species of Prodipoides is extended downward into the late Barstovian Crookston Bridge Member. The skulls of Monosaulax skinneri and Eucastor valentinensis are described in detail for the first time. The cranial morphology of M. skinneri is primitive for Castoroidini and that of E. valentinensis is specialized for tooth−digging behavior as in the Nothodipoidini. A new genus, Temperocastor, is proposed for E. valentinensis based on its primitive morphology of the cheek teeth and derived cranial morphology. Temperocastor represents the most primitive nothodipoidine.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2008, 53, 2
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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