Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 59South African Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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Page 76
... SKULL The skull of the Langebaanweg pinniped is in many ways unique , and it exhibits a set of characteristics which makes it impossible to assign it to any previously known phocid species ( Plates 2–8 ) . As a whole , the skull appears ...
... SKULL The skull of the Langebaanweg pinniped is in many ways unique , and it exhibits a set of characteristics which makes it impossible to assign it to any previously known phocid species ( Plates 2–8 ) . As a whole , the skull appears ...
Page 158
... skulls with M3 well worn down the length P4 - M3 is exceeded by the postdental length ( M.C.Z. , Dept Mamm . 24917 and 34850 : P4 - M3 190-205 mm ; postdental length 270-275 mm ) . In the holotype skull of Ceratotherium praecox from ...
... skulls with M3 well worn down the length P4 - M3 is exceeded by the postdental length ( M.C.Z. , Dept Mamm . 24917 and 34850 : P4 - M3 190-205 mm ; postdental length 270-275 mm ) . In the holotype skull of Ceratotherium praecox from ...
Page 323
... skull table is primitively broad and flat , with the posterior flange of the postorbital lying horizontally in the dorsal skull roof ( but modified in some Dinocephalia ) and reaching the squamosal ; the postor- bital bar is always ...
... skull table is primitively broad and flat , with the posterior flange of the postorbital lying horizontally in the dorsal skull roof ( but modified in some Dinocephalia ) and reaching the squamosal ; the postor- bital bar is always ...
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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