Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic forms . The lack of endemism among African grebes contrasts rather markedly with South America or even Australia . Because none of the modern African grebes have ...
... occur in Africa today , all of which are wide- spread Palaearctic forms . The lack of endemism among African grebes contrasts rather markedly with South America or even Australia . Because none of the modern African grebes have ...
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... occur rarely in marine environments on the west coast ( Maclean 1985 ) . The greater number of specimens and individuals in the Pelletal Phosphorite Member ( PPM ) of the Varswater Formation is probably a reflection of the fluviatile ...
... occur rarely in marine environments on the west coast ( Maclean 1985 ) . The greater number of specimens and individuals in the Pelletal Phosphorite Member ( PPM ) of the Varswater Formation is probably a reflection of the fluviatile ...
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... occur in nearly every ecotype other than desert . No species of Halcyon occurs in the Langebaanweg area today , the nearest approach being made by H. albiventris , which extends along the south- eastern coast of South Africa to the ...
... occur in nearly every ecotype other than desert . No species of Halcyon occurs in the Langebaanweg area today , the nearest approach being made by H. albiventris , which extends along the south- eastern coast of South Africa to the ...
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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