The Status of Bootherium Brazosis
Abstract - The fossil musk ox Bootherium brazosis Hesse 1942 was distinguished as a species largely on the basis of spurious characters founded upon the misorientation of the type specimen. Correct orientation reveals that B. brazosis is conspecific with and a junior synonym of B. sargenti Gidley 19...
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Language: | English |
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Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin
1966
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/29873 |
Summary: | Abstract - The fossil musk ox Bootherium brazosis Hesse 1942 was distinguished as a species largely on the basis of spurious characters founded upon the misorientation of the type specimen. Correct orientation reveals that B. brazosis is conspecific with and a junior synonym of B. sargenti Gidley 1908. Texas Memorial Museum |
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