Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... bones only . These are robust and superficially most similar to the New World genus Podilymbus , but are sufficiently different to be tentatively referred to the widespread genus Podiceps . These fossils represent a new , extinct ...
... bones only . These are robust and superficially most similar to the New World genus Podilymbus , but are sufficiently different to be tentatively referred to the widespread genus Podiceps . These fossils represent a new , extinct ...
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... bone from Langebaanweg seems to be more like T. hottentotta in having the ectepicondylar process more robust and ... bones of falcons , doves , and parrots had been removed , only three speci- mens remained . These represent two species ...
... bone from Langebaanweg seems to be more like T. hottentotta in having the ectepicondylar process more robust and ... bones of falcons , doves , and parrots had been removed , only three speci- mens remained . These represent two species ...
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... bone . Also , the distal foramen is more proximally situated . The tibiotarsus is from a species much larger than the preceding species of Halcyon , and possesses the characters of Ceryle as outlined above , although it has a wider ...
... bone . Also , the distal foramen is more proximally situated . The tibiotarsus is from a species much larger than the preceding species of Halcyon , and possesses the characters of Ceryle as outlined above , although it has a wider ...
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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