Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... probably pointless . It seemed obvious at that time that the deposits in question ( bed 3aS ) were channel - laid and that the trend of the channel was north - east to south - west . All subsequent observations on the bed 3aS deposits ...
... probably pointless . It seemed obvious at that time that the deposits in question ( bed 3aS ) were channel - laid and that the trend of the channel was north - east to south - west . All subsequent observations on the bed 3aS deposits ...
Page 73
... probably being summer . However , the rainfall regime was then apparently changing , and the summer - wet / winter - dry pattern was probably more characteristic of the late Miocene than the early Pliocene . This possiblity , together ...
... probably being summer . However , the rainfall regime was then apparently changing , and the summer - wet / winter - dry pattern was probably more characteristic of the late Miocene than the early Pliocene . This possiblity , together ...
Page 236
... probably of middle to late Miocene age , while the QSM and PPM are probably about 5 million years old , or early Pliocene as the term is presently defined . The river , which was primarily responsible for the deposition of the QSM and ...
... probably of middle to late Miocene age , while the QSM and PPM are probably about 5 million years old , or early Pliocene as the term is presently defined . The river , which was primarily responsible for the deposition of the QSM and ...
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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