Detail View: Zooarchaeology: Hydromys chrysogaster (Water rat)
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Identifier:
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00709
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Title:
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Hydromys chrysogaster (Water rat)
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Creator:
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Cosgrove, Richard (author)
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Creator:
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Mebberson, Megan (artist)
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Subject:
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Keywords: Mammal, omnivore, Hydromys chrysogaster, Water rat, irregular bone, cranial bone, cranium, maxilla
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Subject:
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Archaeology
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Subject:
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Skeletal anatomy
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Subject:
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Zooarchaeology
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Subject:
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Faunal analysis
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Subject:
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Australia
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Description:
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Inferior view of cranium, premaxilla (with incisors) and maxilla (with broad flat molars). This species only has 2 molars unlike all other Australian rodents which have 3. Note also the basin-like depressions in the molars which contrast with the cusp pat
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Publisher:
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Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University
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Contributor:
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Cosgrove, Richard (Course Coodinator)
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Date:
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1997-02-01
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Type:
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Image
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Relation:
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Research set series
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