Reclassification of the Artiodactyl Families

Research Article| June 30, 1929 Reclassification of the Artiodactyl Families W. D. MATTHEW W. D. MATTHEW Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1929) 40 (2): 403–408. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-40-403 Article history received: 25 Feb 1929 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation W. D. MATTHEW; Reclassification of the Artiodactyl Families. GSA Bulletin 1929;; 40 (2): 403–408. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-40-403 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The classification of the living Artiodactyla is a comparatively simple matter. They are divided into Bunodonta, including three families—pigs, peccaries, and hippopotami—and Selenodonta, or Ruminants, including all the rest. The modern selenodonts in turn are divided into Tylopoda, or camels; Tragulina, or chevrotains; and Pecora, the deer-antelope-cattle group. The characters of these groups are sharply marked in teeth and feet as well as in various features of the soft anatomy. The bunodonts all have in common round-cusped crushing teeth, powerful canine tusks of triangular form, four-toed feet with the metapodials more or less completely separate, simple stomach, and various other features of the soft anatomy. The selenodonts all have crescentic cusps on molars and premolars, the molars quadrate with four cusps, the premolars with two, the upper incisors reduced or missing, lower incisors and usually the canine small, procumbent, spatulate, the feet two-toed with the middle pair of . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.