Feeding adaptations in Triassic Dicynodonts

dc.contributor.author	Cruickshank, A. R. I.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-08T09:32:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-08T09:32:55Z
dc.date.issued	1978
dc.description	Main article	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	The Dicynodontia declined markedly at the close of the Permian, entered the Triassic with very few species and had a final burst of evolutionary success in the Middle Triassic, before being overcome by archosaurian competitors in the Upper Triassic. The structure of their skull is analysed in terms of life habit and it is concluded that in all probability the most likely close analogues to the Triassic Dicynodontia were the ground sloths of the American Neogene. Browsing and grazing modes of life are recognised. It is also postulated that tusks in the Triassic Dicynodontia were used for display purposes, and that tuskless forms were either nocturnal, or lived in thick undergrowth.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0078-8554
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16254
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	None;
dc.subject	Dicynodont; Triassic; feeding	en_ZA
dc.title	Feeding adaptations in Triassic Dicynodonts	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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