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Ontogenetic changes and sexual dimorphism in the cranium and mandible of the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining Collection Value: Managing Collection/Item Metadata Relationships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Many aspects of managing collection/item metadata relationships are critical to sustaining collection value over time. Metadata at the collection-level not only provides context for finding, understanding, and using the items in the collection, but is ...
Dubin, David   +4 more
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The revision of baphetids from the Middle Pennsylvanian of the Czech Republic: Morphology, ontogeny, palaeoecology, and the reassessment of the phylogeny of Baphetoidea

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The baphetoids represent a clade of the Carboniferous stem‐tetrapods (Middle Mississippian—Middle Pennsylvanian) with a characteristic extension of the orbits into antorbital vacuities, which formed keyhole‐shaped openings on the skull. The more derived baphetids were crocodile‐like piscivores frequently occurring in coal‐bearing lacustrine ...
Pavel Barták, Martin Ivanov, Boris Ekrt
wiley   +1 more source

Late Bronze Age Arrowheads from Transdanubia and Beyond

open access: yesDissertationes Archaeologicae: Ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae
The study provides a synthesis of Late Bronze Age arrowheads discovered in Transdanubia, western Hungary, supplemented by a selection of arrowheads and a harpoon head from the collection of the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest.
János Gábor Tarbay
doaj   +1 more source

The distribution and habitat of Pocadicnemis pumila and P. juncea (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Two species of the genus Pocadicnemis (Araneae, Linyphiidae), P. pumila (Blackwall) and P. juncea (Locket & Millidge) have been reported from Scandinavia. In order to find out the distribution and differences in the habitat, all specimens of Pocadicnemis
Jonsson, Lars J.
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Revisiting a long‐overlooked skull: Implications for the distribution of Dinodontosaurus brevirostris (Kannemeyeriiformes) in the Brazilian Triassic

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dicynodonts (Anomodontia: Dicynodontia) were one of the main groups of terrestrial tetrapods in Permian and Triassic faunas. In Brazil, the genus Dinodontosaurus is one of the most common tetrapod taxon in the Triassic Santa Maria Supersequence. This genus has a complex taxonomic history and is represented in the Triassic of both Argentina and
Julia Lara Rodrigues de Souza   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Development of a Methodology to Understand Climate-induced Damage in Decorated Oak Wood Panels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Climate-induced damage in decorated oak wood panels is considered to be a high risk for pre-eminent museum collections. To advise museums on the development of sustainable future preservation strategies and rational guidelines for indoor climate ...
Ankersmit, H.A.   +8 more
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The rites of man: The British Museum and the sexual imagination in Victorian Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In the nineteenth century, the British Museum possessed a locked store of erotic objects. However, this did not serve to sanitize the rest of the collection.
Janes, Dominic
core   +1 more source

Broadening the semiaquatic scene: Quantification of long bone microanatomy across pinnipeds

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Investigations of bone microanatomy are commonly used to explore lifestyle strategies in vertebrates. While distinct microanatomical limb bone features have been established for exclusively aquatic and terrestrial lifestyles, identifying clear patterns for the semiaquatic lifestyle remains more challenging.
Apolline Alfsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Checklist of the apoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea excluding Anthophila) of Canada, Alaska and Greenland [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hymenoptera Research
The present checklist is the product of a critical taxonomic review of the Canadian/Alaskan fauna during the previous two decades. As of December 2024, 531 described species in 84 genera of apoid wasps (Ammoplanidae, Ampulicidae, Astatidae, Bembicidae ...
Matthias Buck, Andrew M. R. Bennett
doaj   +3 more sources

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