Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 59South African Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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Page 78
... Monachus and Pliophoca . The two halves of the premaxilla have fairly prominent projections at their most anterior point of contact , dorsal to the incisors . Of the extant monachines M. tropicalis , M. schauinslandi and Hydrurga have ...
... Monachus and Pliophoca . The two halves of the premaxilla have fairly prominent projections at their most anterior point of contact , dorsal to the incisors . Of the extant monachines M. tropicalis , M. schauinslandi and Hydrurga have ...
Page 95
... Monachus , less than in P. capensis ; in this respect Monachus might be expected to be most similar to the ancestral phocid from which the extant subfamilies evolved . Monachus is the least specialized of the living monachine seals in ...
... Monachus , less than in P. capensis ; in this respect Monachus might be expected to be most similar to the ancestral phocid from which the extant subfamilies evolved . Monachus is the least specialized of the living monachine seals in ...
Page 100
... ( Monachus monachus , M. tropicalis and M. schauinslandi ) and the northern elephant seal ( Mirounga angustirostris ) . Modern monachine distribution is one of the more remarkable features of this subfamily , and in speculating on ...
... ( Monachus monachus , M. tropicalis and M. schauinslandi ) and the northern elephant seal ( Mirounga angustirostris ) . Modern monachine distribution is one of the more remarkable features of this subfamily , and in speculating on ...
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Adam & Rees Africa Agriotherium ant.post Ant.transv anteriorly bicornis biserial bones burnupi CALIFOR canines Cape capensis Ceratotherium praecox coast cusps dentary dentition developed diameter Dicynodontia Dinocephalia distal dorsal dorsal arms early therapsids ectoloph elongated Endothiodontidae enlarged female figs foramen fossil genus Gorgonopsia Hemisepius HENDEY hieronis holotype Hooijer Hydrurga incisors Indarctos inner cone joubini Langebaanweg larvae lateral Leptonychotes Lobodon male mantle margin Massy median medisinus molars monachine Monachus Natal ossified outer cone papillata Parapapio pelycosaurs Permian phocids phragmocone Phthinosuchus pigmentation pinniped Pleistocene Pliocene Post.transv postcanines posteriorly postorbital premaxilla primitive Prionodelphis Protective membranes protocone proximal quadriserial Relative dimensions Robson rows seals Sepia Sepiidae shell simoniana simum skull South African Museum species specimen sphenacodonts squamosal standard length striated zone subequal suckers surface TABLE teeth temporal fenestra Tentacular club therapsids Therocephalia Titanosuchidae Trachurus transverse typica upper ventral arm ventral views vermiculata width