A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science
University of the Witwatersrand, .Johannesburg
for the Degree of Master of Science. / A detailed morphological study of two skulls of Emydops was
undertaken by using the serial grinding technique.
Graphical, wax modeI and computer-3D reconstructions of
various aspects of the skulls were made. The internal
structures are described in detail and compared to other
small dicyncdonts such as Eodicmodort, Pristerodon,
Tropidostpma, Cistecepnalus and Diictodon. The structure of
the skull of Emydops conforms within the limits of variation
known for this genus, to descriptions given in the
literature. It was found that Emydops is different from
other dicynoconts in that the parasphen and has a definite
suture with the pterygoid anterior to the pterygoidbasisphenoid
suture, which is not noticed and mentioned for
other dicynodonts, except for Emydops (Olson, 1944). / Andrew Chakane 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/24684 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Fourie, Heidi |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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