Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... grebes ( Podicipedidae ) occur sparingly among the abundant fossil remains of birds found in the early Pliocene Varswater Formation at Langebaanweg , south- western Cape Province . The most abundant of these is a small species that is ...
... grebes ( Podicipedidae ) occur sparingly among the abundant fossil remains of birds found in the early Pliocene Varswater Formation at Langebaanweg , south- western Cape Province . The most abundant of these is a small species that is ...
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... grebes ( Podicipedidae ) are usually accorded their own order Podicipediformes , placed near the loons ( Gaviiformes ) ... grebes occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic forms . The lack of endemism among African ...
... grebes ( Podicipedidae ) are usually accorded their own order Podicipediformes , placed near the loons ( Gaviiformes ) ... grebes occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic forms . The lack of endemism among African ...
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... grebes ( Aves : Podicipedidae ) . Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27 : 147–153 . STORER , R. W. 1979. Order Podicipediformes . In : MAYR , E. & COTTRELL , G. W. eds . Check - list of birds of the world 1 : 140-155 . 2nd ed ...
... grebes ( Aves : Podicipedidae ) . Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27 : 147–153 . STORER , R. W. 1979. Order Podicipediformes . In : MAYR , E. & COTTRELL , G. W. eds . Check - list of birds of the world 1 : 140-155 . 2nd ed ...
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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