Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian

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dc.contributor.advisorChinsamy-Turan, Anusuyaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Rogeren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFordyce, Nicholasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-25T08:53:15Z
dc.date.available2017-10-25T08:53:15Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.date.updated2017-03-10T15:12:49Z
dc.description.abstractDicynodonts were non-mammalian herbivorous therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that flourished world-wide during the Permian and Triassic Periods. They are nowhere more abundant than in the rock strata of the Karoo basin in South Afiica. Taphonomy, the transition from biosphere to lithosphere, is of great geological and biological significance and has provided remarkable insight into palaeoenvironments. A partially articulated dicynodont that has been fossilised alongside an unidentified predator tooth shows evidence of predation and is analysed here. The dicynodont is possibly Oudenodon grandis and was most likely drowned after which it was scavenged from by a gorgonopsian predator, Aelurognathus. The fossil is important as it provides further insight into the ecology of the Late Permian and it enhances our taphonomic understanding.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFordyce, N. (2010). <i>Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25794en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFordyce, Nicholas. <i>"Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25794en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFordyce, N. 2010. Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fordyce, Nicholas AB - Dicynodonts were non-mammalian herbivorous therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that flourished world-wide during the Permian and Triassic Periods. They are nowhere more abundant than in the rock strata of the Karoo basin in South Afiica. Taphonomy, the transition from biosphere to lithosphere, is of great geological and biological significance and has provided remarkable insight into palaeoenvironments. A partially articulated dicynodont that has been fossilised alongside an unidentified predator tooth shows evidence of predation and is analysed here. The dicynodont is possibly Oudenodon grandis and was most likely drowned after which it was scavenged from by a gorgonopsian predator, Aelurognathus. The fossil is important as it provides further insight into the ecology of the Late Permian and it enhances our taphonomic understanding. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian TI - Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25794 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25794
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFordyce N. Cold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permian. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25794en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBotanyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPalaeobotanyen_ZA
dc.titleCold case files : palaeoforensic and taphonomic study of the Mamafura dicynodont from the end permianen_ZA
dc.typeBachelor Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelHonours
dc.type.qualificationnameBSc (Hons)en_ZA
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