Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... shaft is greater than in any of those species and the width of the distal end of the other humeral specimen exceeds that of any of the 38 specimens of P. podiceps measured by Storer ( 1976 ) . In the complete specimen , the scar for M ...
... shaft is greater than in any of those species and the width of the distal end of the other humeral specimen exceeds that of any of the 38 specimens of P. podiceps measured by Storer ( 1976 ) . In the complete specimen , the scar for M ...
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... shaft . Turnix hottentotta is the only button - quail in the western Cape Province today . It prefers short , moist grasslands , in contrast to T. sylvatica , which occurs in ranker grasses ( Snow 1978 ) . If the fossil is correctly ...
... shaft . Turnix hottentotta is the only button - quail in the western Cape Province today . It prefers short , moist grasslands , in contrast to T. sylvatica , which occurs in ranker grasses ( Snow 1978 ) . If the fossil is correctly ...
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... shaft proximal to the condyles , especially noticeable on the posterior face ; also the markedly narrower medial condyle and wider tendinal bridge . In Alcedo , the lateral condyle is much narrower and the tendinal bridge is smaller ...
... shaft proximal to the condyles , especially noticeable on the posterior face ; also the markedly narrower medial condyle and wider tendinal bridge . In Alcedo , the lateral condyle is much narrower and the tendinal bridge is smaller ...
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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