Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... Cape Province . The most abundant of these is a small species that is indistinguish- able from the modern dabchick Tachybaptus ruficollis , which ranges from South Africa through Eurasia , as far as New Guinea . In their smaller size ...
... Cape Province . The most abundant of these is a small species that is indistinguish- able from the modern dabchick Tachybaptus ruficollis , which ranges from South Africa through Eurasia , as far as New Guinea . In their smaller size ...
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INTRODUCTION The deposits of the early Pliocene Varswater Formation near Langebaan- weg , Cape Province , have yielded one of the largest Tertiary avifaunas yet dis- covered ( Rich 1980 ; Hendey 1981a , 1981b , 1982 ) . The elucidation ...
INTRODUCTION The deposits of the early Pliocene Varswater Formation near Langebaan- weg , Cape Province , have yielded one of the largest Tertiary avifaunas yet dis- covered ( Rich 1980 ; Hendey 1981a , 1981b , 1982 ) . The elucidation ...
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HENDEY , Q. B. 1981a . Geological succession at Langebaanweg , Cape Province , and global events of the late Tertiary . South African Journal of Science 77 : 33-38 . HENDEY , Q. B. 1981b . Palaeoecology of the late Tertiary fossil ...
HENDEY , Q. B. 1981a . Geological succession at Langebaanweg , Cape Province , and global events of the late Tertiary . South African Journal of Science 77 : 33-38 . HENDEY , Q. B. 1981b . Palaeoecology of the late Tertiary fossil ...
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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