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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Why Anthracotheroides had Faced Family Level Extinction: Enamel Hypoplasia an Answer to the Question

Authors : Rana Manzoor Ahmad, Abdul Majid Khan, Amtur Rafeh, Ayesha Iqbal, Ghazala Roohi

Published in: Exploring the Nexus of Geoecology, Geography, Geoarcheology and Geotourism: Advances and Applications for Sustainable Development in Environmental Sciences and Agroforestry Research

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Abstract

The extinction of the Siwalik anthracotheroides is a family level extinction. In order to point out the possible causes of this extinction the occurrence of enamel hypoplasia is compared in 848 teeth of 487 extinct animals belonging to 39 species of 7 Siwalik artiodactyle families. The stratigraphic range of the analyzed material is from early Miocene-Pleistocene. The results show that the occurrence of enamel hypoplasia is in highest percentage in anthracotheroides among the Siwalik artiodactyle families and occurrence of enamel hypoplasia is also high in the anthracotheroides throughout their stratigraphic range in the Siwalik region. The high occurrence of enamel hypoplasia means high level of ecological stress faced by an animal so the current enamel hypoplasia analysis results indicate that the anthracotheroides had faced the highest ecological stress among all the Siwalik artiodactyls. The cumulative effect to these unfavorable ecological conditions might be the cause to this family level extinction.

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Metadata
Title
Why Anthracotheroides had Faced Family Level Extinction: Enamel Hypoplasia an Answer to the Question
Authors
Rana Manzoor Ahmad
Abdul Majid Khan
Amtur Rafeh
Ayesha Iqbal
Ghazala Roohi
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Exploring the Nexus of Geoecology, Geography, Geoarcheology and Geotourism: Advances and Applications for Sustainable Development in Environmental Sciences and Agroforestry Research

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01682-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01683-8

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01683-8_19