Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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... species of Turnix but , as only one specimen was available anywhere for T. hottentotta , the results are incon- clusive . The bone from Langebaanweg seems to be more like T. hottentotta in having the ectepicondylar process more robust ...
... species of Turnix but , as only one specimen was available anywhere for T. hottentotta , the results are incon- clusive . The bone from Langebaanweg seems to be more like T. hottentotta in having the ectepicondylar process more robust ...
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... species about the size of H. albiven- tris . The living African species of Halcyon are , for the most part , inhabitants of open savanna and bushlands , but occur in nearly every ecotype other than desert . No species of Halcyon occurs ...
... species about the size of H. albiven- tris . The living African species of Halcyon are , for the most part , inhabitants of open savanna and bushlands , but occur in nearly every ecotype other than desert . No species of Halcyon occurs ...
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... species of Ceryle belonging to a size - class that is now absent from Africa . The living species of Ceryle are all piscivorous and hence are almost invariably found near water . Both of the extant species in South Africa ( C. rudis and ...
... species of Ceryle belonging to a size - class that is now absent from Africa . The living species of Ceryle are all piscivorous and hence are almost invariably found near water . Both of the extant species in South Africa ( C. rudis and ...
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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