Fossil rhinoceroses from the Limeworks cave, Makapansgat
Date
1959-07-01
Authors
Hooijer, D. A.
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Publisher
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
The rhinoceros remains from Makapansgat consist almost exclusively of milk molars. An
investigation of the milk teeth of the two living African rhinoceroses Ceratotherium sinum
and Diceros bicornis discloses adequate distinguishing characters on a basis of which both species are recognised to occur in the fossil collection. The white rhinoceros is the more abundant and the teeth appear rather larger than in the living races of C. sinum. The significance of the occurrence only of juvenile individuals is discussed.
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Keywords
Rhinoceros; Makapansgat; molars
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