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Natural Trap Amerhippus cf pseudaltidens, Text

Friday 18 October 2013

Amerhippus cf. pseudaltidens The major part of Natural Trap equid fossils may be referred to A. pseudaltidens. There are few cranial remains but more than 800 limb bones. In addition, there are a few specimens larger or smaller than usual but with the same proportions; I suppose that they come (…)

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Natural Trap Amerhippus conversidens, Figures

Friday 18 October 2013

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Natural Trap, Large Amerhippus, Figures

Friday 18 October 2013

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Natural Trap, Large Amerhippus, Text

Friday 18 October 2013

LARGE AMERHIPPUS – A fragmentary skull, KU 51330, resembles one specimen from Tarija, Bolivia: the basicranial proportions are similar, and like in most Amerhippus the muzzle is very wide (Fig.1). – The upper premolars of KU 56806 are similar to another specimen from Tarija. I refer to the (…)

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Arad, Introduction

Thursday 5 July 2012

– The Equids of Arad (Early Bronze), North Neghev, were studied bt Davis (1980). I have seen part of the material and Simon Davis kindly communicated to me several measures. Unfortunately, his technic of measurements is not identical to mine so that I miss some data and cannot use some other, in (…)

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Quneitra Introduction

Sunday 24 June 2012

– Biq’at Quneitra is an open Mousterian site (Golan). The fauna was studied by Davis (1988). The mateial I have seen in 1997 in Jerusalem is not exactly the same as published and illustrated by Davis. For instance, of all the upper cheek teeth illustrated by Davis, I have seen only the M2 QUN (…)

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Beisamun Introduction

Friday 8 June 2012

Beisamun is an Israelian Neolithic site. I know only about two first phalanges (anterior and posterior) probably belonging to the same animal. They were marked as coming from the PPNB level. Metric data and Simpson’s ratio diagram indicate that they belonged to an E. hemionus. The most similar (…)

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Muallaq Symphysis

Thursday 31 May 2012

Fragment of symphysis Muallaq 14 Only two data are reliable: the estimated width at I3 posterior borders (7) and the measured minimal width at the constriction (13). In the scatter diagram Muallaq 14 is compared to extant E. grevyi (Grévy), E. zebra zebra and E. z. hartmannae (ZZH), E. (…)

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Nouvelle traduction : Introduction

Friday 20 April 2012

Cheek teeth 1-The upper are stenonine, plicated, with small protocones. 2-The lower, also stenonine, have rounded double knots, pointed linguaflexids, and deep ectoflexids on molars. There are no protostylids on the P2. Lower Incisors Infundibula seem to be lacking or poorly developed, (…)

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Oum Qatafa, Introduction

Tuesday 27 March 2012

The cave of Oum Qatafa, situated South-East of Jerusalem, was excavated by Neuville (1931). Vaufey (in Neuvile 1931) studied the fauna. Part of the material is said to be preserved at the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine in Paris but I was not able to trace it. Stratigraphy – Layer A, (…)

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