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Reference Base Patterns of foramen magnum size and shape in Rhinocerotoi... |
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Title: |
Patterns of foramen magnum size and shape in Rhinocerotoidea (Ceratomorpha: Perissodactyla) |
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Bales, G.S. |
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1998 |
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |
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18 (Suppl. To no. 3) |
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25A-26A |
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Africa
Morphology - Skull
Black Rhino
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INTRODUCTION: The foramen magnum (FM) surrounds the upper cervical spinal cord near the cervico-medullary junction. In fossil crania, it may provide the only data (indirectly) for central nervous system (CNS) size in the absence of preserved endocasts. cranial cavities, or vertebral canals. It ma... |
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