Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... lineage in southern Africa . The second species of grebe is much rarer , being known from three bones only . These are robust and superficially most similar to the New World genus Podilymbus , but are sufficiently different to be ...
... lineage in southern Africa . The second species of grebe is much rarer , being known from three bones only . These are robust and superficially most similar to the New World genus Podilymbus , but are sufficiently different to be ...
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... lineage in southern Africa . It might also imply that the size differences associated with subspecific differentiation may have originated millions of years ago in this lineage . On the other hand , it is equally possible that the ...
... lineage in southern Africa . It might also imply that the size differences associated with subspecific differentiation may have originated millions of years ago in this lineage . On the other hand , it is equally possible that the ...
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... lineage , it would accord well with the inferred environmental conditions at Langebaanweg in the early Pliocene ( Hendey 1981b ; Olson 1985c ) . Order CORACIIFORMES = In her preliminary account , Rich ( 1980 ) indicated the presence of ...
... lineage , it would accord well with the inferred environmental conditions at Langebaanweg in the early Pliocene ( Hendey 1981b ; Olson 1985c ) . Order CORACIIFORMES = In her preliminary account , Rich ( 1980 ) indicated the presence 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