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19.Hipparion Third Phalanges (Ph3) (System of measurements for Hiparion skulls and limb bones (English))

Tuesday 16 November 2010

Femur (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth (English))

Saturday 10 October 2009

Femur, System of measurements

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Simpson’ ratio diagrams (Various Tools and Notes (English))

Monday 30 March 2009

INTRODUCTION Simpson’s ratio diagrams (Simpson 1941, Large pleistocene felines of North America. American Museum Novitates, 1136, p.1-27, 11 fig., New York) provide rapid and easy comparaisons, both of size and shape, for a single bone or a group of bones. – The reference is provided by a (…)

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Humerus (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth (English))

Saturday 10 October 2009

Humerus, System of measurements

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Withers height estimations (Various Tools and Notes (English))

Wednesday 1 April 2009

WITHERS HEIGHT The height at the withers of a horse used to be expressed in "hands" (one hand = 4 inches) or in â€œfeetâ€ (one foot = 12 inches), and in "inches". Since one inch = 25,4 millimeters, a horse "21 hands high" or â€œ7 feet highâ€ stands 213, 4 cm at the withers. According to (…)

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Mandible (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth (English))

Saturday 10 October 2009

Mandibles, System of measurements Mandibule, SystÃ¨me de mesures

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Variability Size Index (VSI) (Various Tools and Notes (English))

Friday 3 April 2009

VARIABILITY SIZE INDEX (VSI) The Variability Size Index (VSI) is one of the size index scaling techniques used by archeozoologists (Uerpmann 1982, 1986; Meadow 1986, 1999). Using this technique, global size comparisons are possible even of samples of various but fragmentary and not numerous (…)

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Metapodials (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth (English))

Saturday 10 October 2009

Metapodials, System of measurements

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Weight Estimations (Various Tools and Notes (English))

Wednesday 15 April 2009

WEIGHT ESTIMATIONS Various attempts are possible, in particular those based on the surface of the upper M1, and on some distal metapodial dimensions. No kind of estimation is really good because species do differ by the relations between their anatomical parts and their weight. This is (…)

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