Evolution of African MammalsVincent J. Maglio, Herbert Basil Sutton Cooke |
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The Physical Setting | 17 |
Mesozoic Mammals | 46 |
Rodentia and Lagomorpha | 69 |
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Andrews Arambourg Australopithecus Basin bones bovids buccal canines cene cheek teeth Cooke Coppens cranial crest cusps deinotheres dental dentition deposits developed DIAGNOSIS distal Dorudon early Miocene early Pleistocene East Africa Egypt elongate enamel Eocene Equus evolution extinct fauna Fayum figure Formation forms Fort Ternan fossa fossil frontal genera genus Geol groove Hipparion holotype hominid Homo Hooijer horn cores hypocone hypsodont hyraxes incisors Kenya known Koobi Koobi Fora late Miocene later Leakey lingual lower molars Maglio mammals mandible mandibular maxilla mesial mesostyle metaconid middle Miocene molars morphology North Olduvai Oligocene ossicones P₁ Pleist Plio Pliocene postcranial posterior premolars primitive probably Proboscidea protocone ramus region relatively represented Rusinga Schlosser Shungura similar skull South Africa species specimens subfamily Swartkrans symphysis SYNONYMY talonid Ternan tion tooth transverse Tuff Turkana upper molars vertebrate