Occlusal enamel complexity in middle miocene to holocene equids (Equidae: Perissodactyla) of North America.

Four groups of equids, "Anchitheriinae," Merychippine-grade Equinae, Hipparionini, and Equini, coexisted in the middle Miocene, but only the Equini remains after 16 Myr of evolution and extinction. Each group is distinct in its occlusal enamel pattern. These patterns have been compared qua...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A Famoso, Edward Byrd Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937353?pdf=render