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Post a messageReplying to:The skeletal anatomy of large and medium sized living terrestrial carnivores: a picture library (version 1)Simon Davis & Albert Fischer
Tuesday 27 June 2006
by Jean-Philip Brugal
By Jean-Philip Brugal ; UMR 6636 of CNRS - MMSH - BP 647 - F- Aix-en-Provence cedex 02 ; brugal@mmsh.univ-aix.fr , phone: (33)(0)4.42.52.42.86 / fax: (33)(0)4.42.52.43.77.
Comparative anatomy remains the basis of any taxonomic determination. Both the dental and skeletal morphology of living species generally help us to identify fossil specimens, in particular those dating to the Quaternary since these are morphologically little different from their living representatives. In order to (...) |
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