Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 81The Museum, 1980 - Natural history |
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... bears ( Hendey 1977 , table 1 ) . A. africanum is otherwise most readily distinguished from living bears by its relatively short and broad snout , while the braincase , which is surmounted by a very high saggital crest , appears small ...
... bears ( Hendey 1977 , table 1 ) . A. africanum is otherwise most readily distinguished from living bears by its relatively short and broad snout , while the braincase , which is surmounted by a very high saggital crest , appears small ...
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South African Museum. MIOCENE bears was centred and it dates from a period when the radiation of later bears was just beginning . The absence of any intermediate forms may simply be due to the relatively poor Pliocene record in Asia ...
South African Museum. MIOCENE bears was centred and it dates from a period when the radiation of later bears was just beginning . The absence of any intermediate forms may simply be due to the relatively poor Pliocene record in Asia ...
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... bears of North America . 1. Genus Tremarctos , spectacled bears . Acta zool . fenn . 115 : 1-120 . KURTÉN , B. 1967. Pleistocene bears of North America . 2. Genus Arctodus , short - faced bears . Acta zool . fenn . 117 : 1-60 . KURTÉN ...
... bears of North America . 1. Genus Tremarctos , spectacled bears . Acta zool . fenn . 115 : 1-120 . KURTÉN , B. 1967. Pleistocene bears of North America . 2. Genus Arctodus , short - faced bears . Acta zool . fenn . 117 : 1-60 . KURTÉN ...
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Relationships of Agriotherium | 72 |
Nomenclature | 98 |
Summary | 104 |
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50 Bongo abbreviations advanced Indarctos Africa africanum Agriotherium Ailuropoda allometric anomodont Archaeosigillaria Arctodus arctoides arctos arthrodire atticus Aulacephalodon author's name Baculites baini bed 3aN bicuspidata Bokkeveld bones Bongo BPI.FN Broom Butzer Cape Town Cape Zone Cave cranium Crusafont & Kurtén cusp deposits described Devonian Dicynodon Dredge SM Ecozone endocortical cast fauna female fish fossa fossil functional canine genera genus geol Hauericeras Haughton Hendey Hoepen Holocene holotype Indarctos Indarctos and Agriotherium Indarctos-Agriotherium indicated insigne Isotope Stage Keyser Langebaanweg Langebaanweg Agriotherium lateral leaf cushion lineage lycopods Lycosuchidae mammals maxilla metaconid nasal bosses Nelson Bay NeustonL Pondoland posterior R. G. Klein referred relatively represented RMTM RMTS sample Santonian sexual dimorphism similar skull snout South African Museum species specimens Stone Age surface Synonymy Table talonid teeth Temp Texanites Thalarctos Thenius therocephalian tooth Trochosaurus Umzamba Upper Pleistocene Ursavus ursids Ursinae ventral vireti Zambesian Zululand