Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... button - quail is most similar to the living species Turnix hottentotta and provides the first Tertiary occurrence of the family Turnicidae . Three bones of kingfishers are referable to a species of Halcyon similar in size to H ...
... button - quail is most similar to the living species Turnix hottentotta and provides the first Tertiary occurrence of the family Turnicidae . Three bones of kingfishers are referable to a species of Halcyon similar in size to H ...
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... button - quails at Langebaanweg is thus to some extent probably an artefact . The fossil was compared with the two African species of Turnix but , as only one specimen was available anywhere for T ... BUTTON - QUAIL , AND KINGFISHERS 57.
... button - quails at Langebaanweg is thus to some extent probably an artefact . The fossil was compared with the two African species of Turnix but , as only one specimen was available anywhere for T ... BUTTON - QUAIL , AND KINGFISHERS 57.
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... button - quails and king- fishers from Langebaanweg are in agreement with environmental reconstruc- tions based on a ... quail ( Turnix ) and one of the kingfishers ( Halcyon ) are too poorly known to be certain of their specific ...
... button - quails and king- fishers from Langebaanweg are in agreement with environmental reconstruc- tions based on a ... quail ( Turnix ) and one of the kingfishers ( Halcyon ) are too poorly known to be certain of their specific ...
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12 Proximal width abbreviated anconal view BUTTON-QUAIL CAPE PROVINCE Cape Town capensis fossils CARPOMETACARPUS Ceryle sp chronological condyle Coraciiformes CORACOID dabchick Distal end EARLY PLIOCENE GREBES end of right FEMUR fossils from Langebaanweg Gastropoda Gruiformes Halcyon sp Halcyonidae Hendey holotype Humeri in anconal KINGFISHERS FROM SOUTH-WESTERN lacking proximal Langebaan Langebaanweg compared Leda Length 12 Proximal lineage Material Genus Member Bed 3aS minimum number modern species namacolus nigricollis number of individuals number of specimens Olson paratypes parentheses Pelletal Phosphorite Member Phosphorite Member Bed podiceps USNM Podicipedidae poggei posterior view provenance Early Pliocene Proximal width 12 punctuation Quartzose Sand Member references Remarks This specimen robust Roman numerals scientific name separate author's name shouldered italics skeletons South African Museum species of Halcyon specimens and minimum Storer Stratigraphic provenance Early subheadings are shouldered subspecies Tachybaptus ruficollis tarsometatarsus taxa Tibiotarsus total number trochlea Turnix hottentotta Varswater Formation volume number width 12 Distal