Differences in the tooth eruption sequence in Hyaenodon ('Creodonta'

Autor(en)
Katharina Bastl, Michael Morlo, Doris Nagel, Elmar Heizmann
Abstrakt

Specimens that give new information on the tooth eruption sequence in European Hyaenodon are described. These specimens show a marked difference from the tooth eruption sequence established for North American Hyaenodon. The eruption of p4 after p3 and m3 and the earlier eruption of the permanent canine in European specimens versus the eruption of p4 before p3 and m3 and the eruption of the permanent canine as the last tooth in North American specimens indicate divergent evolutionary pathways for New and Old World lineages. In conjunction with other skeletal differences, described in the literature, our findings support the need for a reanalysis of the taxonomy of Hyaenodon.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Baden-Württemberg
Journal
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Band
31
Seiten
181-192
Anzahl der Seiten
12
ISSN
0272-4634
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2011.540052
Publikationsdatum
01-2011
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105118 Paläontologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Palaeontology
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/e90e8505-560e-488e-8c51-52c65fe60666