Essays about: "Quercy"

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  1. 1. Study of the Taxonomy of Carnivores from the Eocene-Oligocene of the Quercy Area, France

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Paleobiologi

    Author : Julien van der Hoek; [2021]
    Keywords : Quercy; Carnivora; Amphicyonidae; Eocene; Oligocene; taxonomy;

    Abstract : The Quercy area of France is an important site for mammal palaeontology, yet 19th century collections of this area, such as the one in the Department of Palaeobiology, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, remain understudied due to not being well updated taxonomically and correlated stratigraphically. An updated taxonomy was created for the postcranial material of the collections, as well as the dental material originally identified to the amphicyonid genera Amphicyon, Haplocyon and Pseudocyon through study of morphological characteristics and measurements. READ MORE