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Mitchell, Janet (detail)
   
1973
Determination of relative age in the dugong Dugong dugon Müller from a study of skulls and teeth.
Zool. Jour. Linn. Soc. 53(1): 1-23. 10 figs. Aug. 1973.
–A study of skull, mandible, and dental variates in 41 northeastern Australian dugongs indicated the presence of three age classes, "juveniles", "adolescents", and "adults". Several of these features may reflect sexual dimorphism.

Related Index Records (5)

Age Determination
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Embryology & Ontogeny; Growth Rates; Population Biology)
  x * 1973 Mitchell, J. (DD; skulls, teeth; 1-23.)

Australia
  x 1973 Mitchell, J. (DD; age determination; 2.)

Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x * 1973 Mitchell, J. (age determination, 1-23; sexual dimorphism, 14, 16-21.)

Embryology and Ontogeny
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Growth Rates; Teratology)
  x * 1973 Mitchell, J. (DD; Australia; age determination; 1-23.)

Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
  x * 1973 Mitchell, J. (DD; skull & teeth; age determination, 1-23; sexual dimorphism, 14, 16-21.)


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