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The Origin and Evolution of Mammals - Moodle

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(a)<br />

(c)<br />

Thoatherium<br />

Carodnia<br />

Astrapotherium<br />

(e)<br />

(d)<br />

Macrauchenia<br />

Pyrotherium<br />

Figure 7.11 Meridungulates. (a) Skull <strong>and</strong> skeleton <strong>of</strong> the litoptern Thoatherium. Length <strong>of</strong> skull approx. 15 cm (Savage <strong>and</strong> Long 1986, after Scott).<br />

(b) Skull <strong>and</strong> skeleton <strong>of</strong> the litoptern Macrauchenia. Length <strong>of</strong> skull approx. 45 cm (Savage <strong>and</strong> Long 1986, after Scott <strong>and</strong> Burmeister). (c) Lower<br />

jaw in lateral view <strong>of</strong> the xenungulate Carodnia (Carroll 1988, after Paula Courto). (d) Skull <strong>of</strong> Pyrotherium in lateral <strong>and</strong> ventral views (Savage<br />

<strong>and</strong> Long 1986, after Loomis). (e) Astrapotherium skull in ventral view <strong>and</strong> skeleton. Length <strong>of</strong> skull approx. 50 cm (Savage <strong>and</strong> Long 1986, after<br />

Simpson).<br />

(b)

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