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Cranial Bosses of Choerosaurus dejageri (Therapsida, Therocephalia): Earliest Evidence of Cranial Display Structures in Eutheriodonts

Choerosaurus dejageri, a non-mammalian eutheriodont therapsid from the South African late Permian (~259 Ma), has conspicuous hemispheric cranial bosses on the maxilla and the mandible. These bosses, the earliest of this nature in a eutheriodont, potentially make C. dejageri a key species for underst...

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Autores principales: Benoit, Julien, Manger, Paul R., Fernandez, Vincent, Rubidge, Bruce S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27548428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161457