title: [The smallest toy dog from the Roman empire].
abstract: This study deals with osseous remains of the smallest breed of dogs found in deposits related to the Roman Imperial period. The bone material has been collected at the Colonia Ulpia Traiana near Xanten on the Rhine. It has been observed that the bones match in size with the smallest breeds of dogs known today.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Paläoanatomie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boessneck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005580:Fossils; D005860:Germany, West; D010163:Paleontology; D011884:Radius / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Der kleinste Zwerghund aus der Römischen Kaiserzeit.