Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... possible that sea - level was at an elevation of about 30 m for much of the middle to late Miocene . However , this interpretation is not favoured and it seems much more likely that the early to middle Miocene transgression , during ...
... possible that sea - level was at an elevation of about 30 m for much of the middle to late Miocene . However , this interpretation is not favoured and it seems much more likely that the early to middle Miocene transgression , during ...
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... possible . Elevation and adduction of the distal end of the bone does seem to be possible . The facets on the humerus for articulation with the radius and ulna are almost completely ventral , indicating that the antebrachium was ...
... possible . Elevation and adduction of the distal end of the bone does seem to be possible . The facets on the humerus for articulation with the radius and ulna are almost completely ventral , indicating that the antebrachium was ...
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... possible advantages of an animal possessing a rigid vertebral column : 1. During fast locomotion , momentum would be maintained if the animal followed a linear path . Lateral deviation from this path by parts of the body would cause a ...
... possible advantages of an animal possessing a rigid vertebral column : 1. During fast locomotion , momentum would be maintained if the animal followed a linear path . Lateral deviation from this path by parts of the body would cause a ...
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Geological history and depositional environments of the Langebaan | 18 |
Biology | 42 |
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3aS and 3aN acrae Aeolidiella alcelaphines animals Anyskop assemblage Baard's Quarry Baba bed 3aS Bergh bone Brink buccal cusp CALIFORN Cape Province Cape Town capensis Catriona cerata cervical enamel coast columbiana Coryphella Cragievarus kitchingi crest crown height deciduous demissum dentary denticles dentition deposits Diademodon dicynodonts digestive branch dorsal early Pliocene elongate environment evidence facet Family fauna femur Flabellina fossa fossils Gastropoda genus Giraffa sp giraffids gland Grine groove Hendey Hipparion holotype hypocone indicate Langebaanweg Langebaanweg area late Miocene late Tertiary lateral lingual mammals Marcus & Marcus maxilla Mesembriportax mesial mesiodistal Miocene muscle Nyanzachoerus O'Donoghue occlusal phosphatic Pleistocene Pliocene posterior present QSM and PPM radular recorded region relatively represented rhinophores Risbec river Robertia rows sea-level sediments separated shorelines Sivatherium slightly South Africa South African Museum south-western Cape species specimens surface Tankard taxa teeth terrestrial THERAPSIDA tooth Varswater Formation ventral vertebrates