Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... bovids ( Gentry 1980 ) . The diminution of forested or wooded environments was probably the most significant factor ... bovid had been amongst the most successful and wide- spread of their family in Eurasia , and perhaps also Africa ...
... bovids ( Gentry 1980 ) . The diminution of forested or wooded environments was probably the most significant factor ... bovid had been amongst the most successful and wide- spread of their family in Eurasia , and perhaps also Africa ...
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South African Museum. Amongst the non - carnivores , giraffids and bovids are the predominant ungulates in ' E ' Quarry , whereas at Montpellier giraffids are absent ( or not recorded ) , and cervids are present in addition to bovids ...
South African Museum. Amongst the non - carnivores , giraffids and bovids are the predominant ungulates in ' E ' Quarry , whereas at Montpellier giraffids are absent ( or not recorded ) , and cervids are present in addition to bovids ...
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... bovids best indicate an age of about 6 m.y. for the fauna ' . The bovids thus suggest an age comparable to Lothagam 1 , and appreciably older than Kanapoi . However , the bovids do not necessarily rule out a younger age , and at least ...
... bovids best indicate an age of about 6 m.y. for the fauna ' . The bovids thus suggest an age comparable to Lothagam 1 , and appreciably older than Kanapoi . However , the bovids do not necessarily rule out a younger age , and at least ...
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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