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Eine Probe equider Zähne, aus neun aufeinanderfolgenden Schichten des oberen Würms der Höhle Sandalja II gewonnen, wird auf bedeutende Größentrends hin untersucht. Die Ergebnisse (vermutlich Größenabnahme) werden vor dem Hintergrund eines gleichzeitlichen Klimawechsels interpretiert.
Abstract
An equid dental sample, deriving from nine successive levels of the upper Würmian of the Sandalja II cave, is analysed for significant size trends and the result (probable size decrease) is interpreted against the background of contemporaneous climatic change.
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Forsten, A. Dental size trends in an equid sample from the Sandalja II cave of northwestern Yugoslavia. Paläont. Z. 64, 153–160 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985929
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