Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 69The Museum,., 1976 - Natural history |
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The principal source of fossils , the Quartzose Sand Member , was laid down in a
variety of depositional environments in and near an estuary . The economically
important unit , the Pelletal Phosphorite Member , is fossiliferous in a relatively ...
The principal source of fossils , the Quartzose Sand Member , was laid down in a
variety of depositional environments in and near an estuary . The economically
important unit , the Pelletal Phosphorite Member , is fossiliferous in a relatively ...
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The relationships between fossils and the deposits in which they occur has
hitherto received little attention . DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS It is now
generally accepted that the Varswater Formation accumulated during a marine ...
The relationships between fossils and the deposits in which they occur has
hitherto received little attention . DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS It is now
generally accepted that the Varswater Formation accumulated during a marine ...
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As a general rule the terrestrial fossils from bed 3a are more fragmented and less
well preserved than similar specimens from some of the Quartzose Sand Member
deposits . While most of the bed 3a fossils probably were deposited ...
As a general rule the terrestrial fossils from bed 3a are more fragmented and less
well preserved than similar specimens from some of the Quartzose Sand Member
deposits . While most of the bed 3a fossils probably were deposited ...
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abbreviations adductor Anchisaurus anterior appear assemblage attachment aurantiacus authors Barnard base bearing bone border Cape Cape Town capensis capitals cent cervical coast collected consists coxal plates deposits described distal dorsal East environment extends Family fauna fibres figures Formation forms fossils genus given Haughton headings Huene illustrations indicate insertion Island Late Pleistocene lateral length lies lower margin material medial Member molluscs muscle musculature Note occur origin ovig Pleistocene portion position posterior present probably quadrate Quartzose Sand ramus range recorded referred region represented River Saldanha Sand sea level sediments segments separates shell short shows similar skull Smith South African Museum species specimens spines St Paul suggests surface Table Table Bay temperature third Typhlosaurus upper ventral vertebrae
Bibliographic information
| Title | Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 69 Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum |
| Contributor | South African Museum |
| Publisher | The Museum,., 1976 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Apr 2010 |
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