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Analysis Of The Blancan Procyonids Of Florida, Laura S. Gilmore
Analysis Of The Blancan Procyonids Of Florida, Laura S. Gilmore
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Procyonids are well known biologically but knowledge of their fossil record is comparatively sparse. This study seeks to describe a sample of late Blancan procyonid fossils composed mostly of postcranial and dental material. Fossils are analyzed using linear and 2D geometric morphometrics and compared with a large sample of modern specimens from a wide geographic area to understand the range of intraspecific variation. The large Procyon species is described as a new taxon based on morphology of the postcrania and lower dentition, while another Procyon species is also described as new due to an apomorphy in the upper dentition. A …
A New Species Of Teleoceras From The Late Miocene Gray Fossil Site, With Comparisons To Other North American Hemphillian Species, Rachel A. Short
A New Species Of Teleoceras From The Late Miocene Gray Fossil Site, With Comparisons To Other North American Hemphillian Species, Rachel A. Short
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A thorough morphological description of Teleoceras material from the Gray Fossil Site, Gray, Tennessee is provided. This is the only record of a browsing Teleoceras and, as a late Hemphillian locality, represents one of the youngest populations. Linear measurements of post-cranial elements indicate proportional differences between Teleoceras from the Gray Fossil Site and those from other Hemphillian localities. These differences are more pronounced in the elements of the forelimb than in those of the hind limb. Statistical analyses of post-cranial elements from 3 Hemphillian species of Teleoceras suggest that these differences should not be used to separate species. However, the …