Lecture 17, Vert Life

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Teeth rounded cusps
crushing nuts and soft leaves, browsing
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lamella structure/high hypsodonty
shearing cutting grass, grazing
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high C13/C12 ratio
C4 pathway, tropical grasslands
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low C13.C12 ratio
C3 pathway, trees
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deinotheriidae
downward curved tusks, simple molars
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gompotheres
3 paris of cusps, low crown molars
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Anancus
5/6 rows of cusps, higher crown height
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Stegodon
cusps fused in a row, low crown,
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Elephantidae
very high crown, lamella
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evolution
environmental change-behavioural accomodation, natural selection, adaptive phenotypic change
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lamella structure/high hypsodonty

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shearing cutting grass, grazing

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high C13/C12 ratio

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low C13.C12 ratio

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deinotheriidae

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