Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... fossils agree with the African subspecies T. r . capensis , as opposed to larger forms in Europe and Asia , and appear to indicate a 5 - million - year period of stasis in this lineage in southern Africa . The second species of grebe is ...
... fossils agree with the African subspecies T. r . capensis , as opposed to larger forms in Europe and Asia , and appear to indicate a 5 - million - year period of stasis in this lineage in southern Africa . The second species of grebe is ...
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... Fossils from Langebaanweg are from the collections of the Department of Cenozoic Palaeontology , South African Museum , Cape ... capensis ( 1 male from Zimbabwe , USNM ; 1 female from South Africa , USNM ; and an unsexed specimen each from ...
... Fossils from Langebaanweg are from the collections of the Department of Cenozoic Palaeontology , South African Museum , Cape ... capensis ( 1 male from Zimbabwe , USNM ; 1 female from South Africa , USNM ; and an unsexed specimen each from ...
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... capensis fossils 24.7 ( 25.7 , 25.2 , 23.1 ) T. r . poggei 8.3-9.0 8.2-9.6 8.9-10.2 8.7 8.8 T. r . capensis fossils 9.5 ( 10.4 , 9.7 , 9.4 ) T. r . poggei 5.2-5.5 4.8-5.4 5.3-6.1 5.3 5.2 T. r . capensis fossils 5.7 ( 5.8 , 5.7 , 5.9 ) T ...
... capensis fossils 24.7 ( 25.7 , 25.2 , 23.1 ) T. r . poggei 8.3-9.0 8.2-9.6 8.9-10.2 8.7 8.8 T. r . capensis fossils 9.5 ( 10.4 , 9.7 , 9.4 ) T. r . poggei 5.2-5.5 4.8-5.4 5.3-6.1 5.3 5.2 T. r . capensis fossils 5.7 ( 5.8 , 5.7 , 5.9 ) T ...
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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