An Analysis of North American Taeniolabidoid Multituberculate (Mammalia, Allotheria) Dentitions Using Mammalian Dietary Proxies

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dc.contributor.advisorTheodor, Jessica M.
dc.contributor.advisorScott, Craig S.
dc.contributor.authorRobson, Selina Viktoria
dc.contributor.committeememberCote, Susanne
dc.contributor.committeememberSyme, Douglas A.
dc.contributor.committeememberZelenitsky, Darla K.
dc.date2019-06
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T15:18:47Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T15:18:47Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-20
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, a set of dietary proxies – dental microwear analysis, cusp row ratios (CRR) (similar to shearing ratios), relief index (RFI), orientation patch count rotated (OPCR), and Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) – was used to infer diets of North American taeniolabidoid multituberculates. Based on the signals recovered by these proxies, taeniolabidoid diets did not vary consistently with body size: small-bodied and large-bodied taeniolabidoids had similar dietary signals for almost all proxies, the only difference being in microwear feature dimensions. Dental microwear signals suggest that taeniolabidoids and non-taeniolabidoid cimolodontans may have had different diets, but all other proxies have recovered equivalent signals between the two groups. Dietary classifications are inconsistent among CRR, RFI, OPCR, and DNE. This suggests that these proxies are not equally good predictors and that their generalizability to non-therian mammals may need to be re-evaluated.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRobson, S. V. (2018). An Analysis of North American Taeniolabidoid Multituberculate (Mammalia, Allotheria) Dentitions Using Mammalian Dietary Proxies (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/35669
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/109394
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.facultyScienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectDietary proxiesen_US
dc.subjectMultituberculataen_US
dc.subjectMammaliaen_US
dc.subjectMicrowearen_US
dc.subjectShearing ratiosen_US
dc.subjectDental topographic analysisen_US
dc.subjectTaeniolabidoideaen_US
dc.subject.classificationPaleoecologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPaleontologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPaleozoologyen_US
dc.titleAn Analysis of North American Taeniolabidoid Multituberculate (Mammalia, Allotheria) Dentitions Using Mammalian Dietary Proxiesen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineBiological Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
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