Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... family Turnicidae . Three bones of kingfishers are referable to a species of Halcyon similar in size to H. albiventris , and to a species of Ceryle about the size of the New World C. alcyon , which represents a size - class of Ceryle ...
... family Turnicidae . Three bones of kingfishers are referable to a species of Halcyon similar in size to H. albiventris , and to a species of Ceryle about the size of the New World C. alcyon , which represents a size - class of Ceryle ...
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... families covered in the present report have little in common other than the uncertain ordinal affinities of the first ... Family Podicipedidae Only three species of grebes occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic ...
... families covered in the present report have little in common other than the uncertain ordinal affinities of the first ... Family Podicipedidae Only three species of grebes occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic ...
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... family Turnicidae not having previously been noted at Langebaan- weg ( Rich 1980 ; Hendey 1981b ) . The skeleton in the Turnicidae presents a mosaic of unique characters and those of several other orders . It is not unlikely , therefore ...
... family Turnicidae not having previously been noted at Langebaan- weg ( Rich 1980 ; Hendey 1981b ) . The skeleton in the Turnicidae presents a mosaic of unique characters and those of several other orders . It is not unlikely , therefore ...
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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