Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 69The Museum,., 1976 - Natural history |
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Much of the specimen ( including most of the vertebral column ) is preserved as
bone impression , and details of certain of these portions were obtained from
silicone rubber positives . Chief portions of the preserved skeleton are 17
vertebrae ...
Much of the specimen ( including most of the vertebral column ) is preserved as
bone impression , and details of certain of these portions were obtained from
silicone rubber positives . Chief portions of the preserved skeleton are 17
vertebrae ...
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tenth vertebra has the only complete neural spine and there is a shallow notch
above the postzygapophysis . The ninth and tenth vertebrae are possibly
procoelous , with a convexity on the posterior articular surface . The posterior
group of six ...
tenth vertebra has the only complete neural spine and there is a shallow notch
above the postzygapophysis . The ninth and tenth vertebrae are possibly
procoelous , with a convexity on the posterior articular surface . The posterior
group of six ...
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Cervical osteology Vertebrae and ribs are highly variable structures and in the
limbless squamates the regional differentiation of the vertebral column has lead
to various interpretations of the cervical vertebrate . Zangerl ( 1945 ) recognizes ...
Cervical osteology Vertebrae and ribs are highly variable structures and in the
limbless squamates the regional differentiation of the vertebral column has lead
to various interpretations of the cervical vertebrate . Zangerl ( 1945 ) recognizes ...
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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