Landmark Analysis of Musteloid Carnassials Applied to Taxonomic Identification and Examination of Sexual Dimorphism and Regional Morphotypes

Guy Wilson Cave (GWC) in Sullivan County, Tennessee holds many late Pleistocene mammal fossils. Based on visual morphology, several partial mandibles with lower carnassial from GWC appeared to be musteloids. Geometric morphometrics has been successfully used to identify fragmentary fossils, so a lan...

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Main Author: Christine, Joel Alvin
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2012
Subjects:
Pleistocene
Carnassial
Landmark Analysis
Guy Wilson Cave
Musteloids
Earth Sciences
Paleontology
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Sullivan
American marten
Martes americana
Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1452
https://dc.etsu.edu/context/etd/article/2645/viewcontent/ChristineJ051712f.pdf

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