Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 59South African Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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Page 72
... Pliocene phocid from South Africa . Since 1958 , when the first discoveries from the quarries of the African Metals Corporation were recorded by Singer & Hooijer ( 1958 ) , tens of thou- sands of vertebrate specimens have been recovered ...
... Pliocene phocid from South Africa . Since 1958 , when the first discoveries from the quarries of the African Metals Corporation were recorded by Singer & Hooijer ( 1958 ) , tens of thou- sands of vertebrate specimens have been recovered ...
Page 103
... Pliocene records of monachines . R - Recent records of monachines . Northern Hemisphere dispersal : 1. Crossing to east coast of South America in late Miocene or early Pliocene . 2. Arrival of ancestors of Monachus tropicalis in ...
... Pliocene records of monachines . R - Recent records of monachines . Northern Hemisphere dispersal : 1. Crossing to east coast of South America in late Miocene or early Pliocene . 2. Arrival of ancestors of Monachus tropicalis in ...
Page 104
... Pliocene mammals migrating between the two New World continents as ' island hoppers ' , and indicates that the final North and South American land connection was achieved in the late Pliocene , a view supported by Whitmore & Stewart ...
... Pliocene mammals migrating between the two New World continents as ' island hoppers ' , and indicates that the final North and South American land connection was achieved in the late Pliocene , a view supported by Whitmore & Stewart ...
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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