NOTES AND COMMENTS ON THE LATE PLEISTOCENE GLYPTODONT, GLYPTOTHERIUM FLORIDANUM FROM FLORIDA
New specimens of Glyptotherium floridanum from the Florida peninsula confirm the conspecific identity of the Rancholabrean population of glyptodonts across the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic coastal plain. Newly recognized osteological traits in the mandible of G. floridanum include bulbous pits i...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Florida Scientist. - The Florida Academy of Sciences, Inc.. - 49(1986), 1, Seite 55-62 |
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1986
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Florida Scientist |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Business Physical sciences Behavioral sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | New specimens of Glyptotherium floridanum from the Florida peninsula confirm the conspecific identity of the Rancholabrean population of glyptodonts across the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic coastal plain. Newly recognized osteological traits in the mandible of G. floridanum include bulbous pits in the alveoli for the teeth, and grooves on the outer surface that mark the position of hair follicles that were embedded in bone. The cervical vertebrae in the new specimens are similar to those of G. floridanum from the Texas Gulf Coast, and distinct from those of ancestral species. The caudal vertebrae and caudal armor were simple, like those of G. texanum and G. arizonae, without development of extensive fusion of the terminal caudal rings and without terminal spines at the tip of the armor. |
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| ISSN: | 00984590 |