Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... HALCYONIDAE ) By STORRS L. OLSON Department of Vertebrate Zoology , National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian ... Halcyon similar in size to H. albiventris , and to a species of Ceryle about the size of the New World C. alcyon ...
... HALCYONIDAE ) By STORRS L. OLSON Department of Vertebrate Zoology , National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian ... Halcyon similar in size to H. albiventris , and to a species of Ceryle about the size of the New World C. alcyon ...
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... Halcyonidae mentioned were all from the USNM collections . SYSTEMATICS Order ' PODICIPEDIFORMES ' Family Podicipedidae Only three species of grebes occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic forms . The lack of ...
... Halcyonidae mentioned were all from the USNM collections . SYSTEMATICS Order ' PODICIPEDIFORMES ' Family Podicipedidae Only three species of grebes occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic forms . The lack of ...
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... Halcyonidae ) , neither identified to genus . The amount of coraciiform material in the collections from ... Halcyonidae Genus Halcyon Swainson , 1821 Halcyon sp . Fig . 3D Tibiotarsus : distal right - L24593H . The total number of ...
... Halcyonidae ) , neither identified to genus . The amount of coraciiform material in the collections from ... Halcyonidae Genus Halcyon Swainson , 1821 Halcyon sp . Fig . 3D Tibiotarsus : distal right - L24593H . The total number of ...
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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