New evidence of the Giant Hyaena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Carnivora, Hyaenidae), from the Gladysvale Cave deposit (Plio-pleistocene, John Nash Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa)

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dc.contributor.authorMutter, Raoul J
dc.contributor.authorBerger, Lee R
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-09T13:44:39Z
dc.date.available2015-01-09T13:44:39Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractA well preserved cranium which represents the most complete skull of Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) discovered in Africa, and a maxillary fragment from the Gladysvale Cave Deposit (John Nash Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa) are described and compared to other fossil and extant hyaenid specimens from South Africa and Europe. In addition, some aspects of functional morphology in the hyaenid dentition are reconsidered and suggested to be directly related to the palaeoecological role of P. brevirostris.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Council's Research Committee, University of the Witwatersrand; National Research Foundation (NRF); Palaeo-Anthropology Scientific Trust (PAST); Swiss National Science FoundationGrant No. 31-43584.95;National Geographic Society; Adolph H. Schultz-Foundation; Georges & Antoine Claraz-Donationen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16372
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectPlio-Pleistoceneen_ZA
dc.subjectPachycrocuta brevirostrisen_ZA
dc.subjectmorphologyen_ZA
dc.subjectfunctional morphologyen_ZA
dc.subjectpalaeoecologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectEuropeen_ZA
dc.titleNew evidence of the Giant Hyaena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Carnivora, Hyaenidae), from the Gladysvale Cave deposit (Plio-pleistocene, John Nash Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa)en_ZA
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