Title
The lower jaws of baenid turtles
Title Variants
Alternative:
Baenid turtles
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 2749
By
Gaffney, Eugene S.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1982
Notes
Title from caption.
"September 27, 1982."
"The baenid lower jaw has a well-developed processus coronoideus, no ridges or pits on the triturating surface, a relatively small dorsal opening of the fossa meckelii, and, except in Chisternon and Baena, a large splenial bone. None of these feaures is unique to baenids nor is the combination unique. Distinctly expanded triturating surfaces are found in Eubaena and Palatobaena. Chisternon and Baena are the only baenids definitely known to lack splenials; the anteroventromedial wall of the fossa meckelii is open in these genera. An associated skull and jaws of Plesiobaena putorius show that previous identification of jaws with expanded triturating surfaces as pertaining to this species was in error, the two known species of this genus have narrow jaws"--P. [1].
Subjects
Anatomy
,
Baenidae
,
Jaws
,
mandible
,
Turtles
,
Turtles, Fossil
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.2749, 1982
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
8815601
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