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Table 1 Summary of hypsodonty, microwear and mesowear results.

From: Ancestral feeding state of ruminants reconsidered: earliest grazing adaptation claims a mixed condition for Cervidae

 

Hypsodonty

Microwear

Mesowear

Species

N

HI [SD]

Hcat

N

S [SD]

P [SD]

N

%H

%L

%S

%R

%B

Procervulus ginsburgi

5

0.99 [0.59]

brachydont

13

1153 [475.3]

864 [406.5]

40

92.5

7.5

13.75

75

11.25

-strict browser pattern

   

2

676 [67.0]

1003 [105.9]

2

100

0

0

100

0

-strict grazer pattern

   

3

1406 [43.6]

697 [248.6]

2

100

0

33.3

66.6

0

  1. Number of individuals measured (N); hypsodonty index (HI); standard deviation [SD]; hypsodonty category (Hcat); scratches per mm2 (S); pits per mm2 (P); percentage of individuals with high (%H) and low (%L) mesowear relief; percentage of individuals with sharp (%S), rounded (%R) and blunt (%B) cusps. Individuals with strict browser and grazer pattern based on microwear discriminant analysis.