Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... larger European and Asian races ( Table 1 ) . This implies an extraordinary period of stasis of some 5 million years ( Hendey 1981 : 95 ) within this species ' lineage in southern Africa . It might also imply that the size differences ...
... larger European and Asian races ( Table 1 ) . This implies an extraordinary period of stasis of some 5 million years ( Hendey 1981 : 95 ) within this species ' lineage in southern Africa . It might also imply that the size differences ...
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... larger and much more robust than either P. nigricollis or Tachybaptus ruficollis . Brodkorb ( 1985 ) reported fossils of a medium - sized grebe from the Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene Beds I and II of Olduvai , Tanzania . I ...
... larger and much more robust than either P. nigricollis or Tachybaptus ruficollis . Brodkorb ( 1985 ) reported fossils of a medium - sized grebe from the Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene Beds I and II of Olduvai , Tanzania . I ...
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... larger than the preceding species of Halcyon , and possesses the characters of Ceryle as outlined above , although it has a wider tendinal bridge than in living forms of that genus . It would appear to be from a species similar in size ...
... larger than the preceding species of Halcyon , and possesses the characters of Ceryle as outlined above , although it has a wider tendinal bridge than in living forms of that genus . It would appear to be from a species similar in size ...
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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