DENTAL ANOMALIES IN UPPER EOCENE ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE - A POSSIBLE CASE OF INBREEDING

Authors
DUCROCQ S CHAIMANEE Y SUTEETHORN V JAEGER JJ
Citation
S. Ducrocq et al., DENTAL ANOMALIES IN UPPER EOCENE ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE - A POSSIBLE CASE OF INBREEDING, Lethaia, 28(4), 1995, pp. 355-360
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Lethaia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00241164
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
355 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-1164(1995)28:4<355:DAIUEA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Three fragmentary maxillae and an isolated upper molar from the Upper Eocene locality of Wai Lek (Krabi Basin, South Thailand) belonging to the small anthracotheriid Siamotherium krabiense display strongly abno rmal morphologies that are particular unusual among the dental anomali es recorded in both extant and fossil mammals. Variation and atavism c an be ruled out, and the other hypothetical origins of these anomalies , particularly the occurrence of odontomes and inbreeding, are discuss ed.