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Problems of Mammal Skull Identification Due to Age Differences in the Dentition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stanley J. Olsen
Stanley J. Olsen*
Affiliation:
Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Abstract

Most keys that are designed for use in identifying mammal skulls discuss and figure the skulls and dentitions of mature adults only. In some groups, particularly carnivores, there is considerable variation from the deciduous teeth of the young to the worn dentitions of the old adult. A series covering this age group, of the North American Raccoon, Procyon lotor is figured and discussed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , October 1961 , pp. 231 - 234
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1961

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