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| Hooijer, D.A.; Maglio, V.J.. |
| The faunas of Lothagam, Kanapoi and Ekora on the west side of Lake Rudolf in Kenya include well-preserved Hipparion material. The most interesting species is represented by a skull from Lothagam that is devoid of a preorbital fossa : Hipparion turkanense Hooijer & Maglio. The upper cheek teeth have small fossette plications and rather wrinkled anteroposterior fossette borders; the lower cheek teeth also show this wrinkled enamel condition, notably on the buccal wall, and sport no ectostylids. The closest resemblances are with certain Chinese "Pontian" forms described by Sefve. An equally large Hipparion with a preorbital fossa occurs at Kanapoi and Ekora. The upper cheek teeth are richly plicated fore and aft, and the anteroposterior fossette borders... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: 38.22; 42.84. |
| Ano: 1974 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317636 |
