Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... robust than either P. nigricollis or Tachybaptus ruficollis . Brodkorb ( 1985 ) reported fossils of a medium - sized ... robustness of the shaft is greater than in any of those species and the width of the distal end of the other humeral ...
... robust than either P. nigricollis or Tachybaptus ruficollis . Brodkorb ( 1985 ) reported fossils of a medium - sized ... robustness of the shaft is greater than in any of those species and the width of the distal end of the other humeral ...
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E F G A B C D The tarsometatarsus of the fossil is much more robust than. 558364 Fig . 2. Fossils of Podiceps ? sp . from Langebaanweg compared with Podilymbus podiceps and Podiceps nigricollis gurneyi ( USNM 558364 ) . Right humeri in ...
E F G A B C D The tarsometatarsus of the fossil is much more robust than. 558364 Fig . 2. Fossils of Podiceps ? sp . from Langebaanweg compared with Podilymbus podiceps and Podiceps nigricollis gurneyi ( USNM 558364 ) . Right humeri in ...
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... robust and laterally ( as opposed to proximally ) oriented . It differs from either of the modern species in having the proximal end of the radial condyle sharply demarcated from the shaft . Turnix hottentotta is the only button - quail ...
... robust and laterally ( as opposed to proximally ) oriented . It differs from either of the modern species in having the proximal end of the radial condyle sharply demarcated from the shaft . Turnix hottentotta is the only button - quail ...
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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