Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... Varswater , a subdivision of the farm Langeberg , where mining also started on a small scale , with few fossils having been recovered . During 1965 a start was made on the New Varswater Mine ( ' E ' Quarry ) , a comparatively large ...
... Varswater , a subdivision of the farm Langeberg , where mining also started on a small scale , with few fossils having been recovered . During 1965 a start was made on the New Varswater Mine ( ' E ' Quarry ) , a comparatively large ...
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... Varswater Formation provides the final and , indeed , only local evidence of this period . The inferred habitat preferences of many of the ' E ' Quarry taxa were given earlier ( see pp . 45-53 ) . The habitats of invertebrates tend to ...
... Varswater Formation provides the final and , indeed , only local evidence of this period . The inferred habitat preferences of many of the ' E ' Quarry taxa were given earlier ( see pp . 45-53 ) . The habitats of invertebrates tend to ...
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... Varswater Forma- tion is that of its age . As is frequently the case in southern Africa with deposits of late ... Vars- water Formation . Initially these fossils were thought to be of early Pleistocene age ( e.g. Singer 1961 ; Boné ...
... Varswater Forma- tion is that of its age . As is frequently the case in southern Africa with deposits of late ... Vars- water Formation . Initially these fossils were thought to be of early Pleistocene age ( e.g. Singer 1961 ; Boné ...
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3aS and 3aN acrae Aeolidiella age profiles Agriotherium alcelaphines animals Anyskop assemblage Baba basal breadth bed 3aN Bergh bone bovids Brink buccal cusp Cape Province Cape Town capensis Catriona cerata cervical enamel columbiana Coryphella Cragievarus kitchingi crest crown height deciduous demissum dentary denticles dentition deposits Diademodon dicynodonts digestive branch dorsal early Pliocene elongate evidence facet Family fauna femur Flabellina fossa fossils Gastropoda genus Giraffa sp giraffids gland groove Hendey Hipparion holotype hypocone indicate Langebaanweg Langebaanweg area late Miocene late Tertiary lateral lingual mammals Marcus & Marcus maxilla Mesembriportax mesial mesiodistal Miocene muscle Nyanzachoerus O'Donoghue occlusal Pleistocene Pliocene posterior present QSM and PPM Quarry radular recorded region relatively represented rhinophores Risbec river Robertia rows sea-level separated shorelines Sivatherium Sivatherium hendeyi slightly South Africa South African Museum south-western Cape species specimens surface Tankard taxa teeth terrestrial tooth transgression Varswater Formation ventral vertebrates