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The Urus Female ( Bos primigenius Boj.) from Slågarp, Southern Sweden
Author(s) -
Ekman Jan
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1972.tb00578.x
Subject(s) - biology , osteology , zoology , period (music) , glacial period , anatomy , paleontology , art , aesthetics
Ekman, J. (Osteological Research Laboratory. University of Stockholm, Solna, Sweden.) The urus female (Bos primigenius Boj.) from Slâgurp, Southern Sweden. Zool. Scripta 1 (5): 203–205, 1972.– On the basis of measurements of an almost complete female urus skeleton from Slågarp, Scania, a discussion is given of the size and postglacial microevolution of the genus Bos within the Nordic area. This specimen from early postglacial time (first half of the Boreal period) turned out to be the smallest urus female hitherto known within this area. The teeth, however, are large. In a recent paper Degerbøl assumes that the urus had reached its lowest body‐size already during early postglacial times, and then remained constant, while the teeth gradually decreased in size. The results of the present investigation corroborate this theory. One explanation might be that the decrease in size of the teeth lagged behind that undergone by the body during late glacial times.