A Detailed Description Of The Skull Of Emydops (therapsida: Dicynodontia).
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1991
Authors
Fourie, Heidi
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Abstract
A detailed morphological study of two skulls of Emydops was
undertaken by using the serial grinding technique.
Graphical, wax modeI and computer-3D reconstructions of
various aspects of the skulls were made. The internal
structures are described in detail and compared to other
small dicyncdonts such as Eodicmodort, Pristerodon,
Tropidostpma, Cistecepnalus and Diictodon. The structure of
the skull of Emydops conforms within the limits of variation
known for this genus, to descriptions given in the
literature. It was found that Emydops is different from
other dicynoconts in that the parasphen and has a definite
suture with the pterygoid anterior to the pterygoidbasisphenoid
suture, which is not noticed and mentioned for
other dicynodonts, except for Emydops (Olson, 1944).
Description
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science
University of the Witwatersrand, .Johannesburg
for the Degree of Master of Science.
Keywords
SKULL., THERAPSIDA., MORPHOLOGY., REPTILES, FOSSIL.