Skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: South Africa, Umfolozi. Player, I., D.E. van Dyk and J.C. Poynton, 1961. In coll. University of Natal, Dept. Zoology, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Catalogue number: 2064
Skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: South Africa, Umfolozi. Player, I., D.E. van Dyk and J.C. Poynton, 1961. In coll. University of Natal, Dept. Zoology, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Catalogue number: 2064
Skeleton. Sex: Male. Locality: South Africa, Umfolozi. Player, I., D.E. van Dyk and J.C. Poynton, 1961. In coll. University of Natal, Dept. Zoology, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Catalogue number: 2064
A gallop of 40 kph, the speed of the white rhino.
Male collected in Umfolozi in 1961. Death ensued from a fight with an adult male, a broken left rib being one of the injuries sustained. The right ramus of the mandible had previously been broken. The blow responsible for the injury could have been delivered at a gallop of 40 kph. In this instance, pugnaciousness from pain of the injury (perhaps incurred from the same antagonist) may have led indirectly to death by combat.
Ceratotherium simum - inverted lower PM1. Male collected in Umfolozi in 1961. The right ramus of the mandible had previously been broken and PM1 rotated through 180 degrees in a transverse plane, fixing the tooth in an inverted position. The occlusal surface was buried deep in the ramus, and the normally rooted portion of the tooth, now located dorsally, shows toth wear. Greater wear of the left toothrow than on the right toothrow indicates the injury was favoured during mastication.
