Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 54
... represented in the ' E ' Quarry deposits . So far only the penguins have been studied in detail ( Simpson 1971 , 1975 , 1979 ) , and the fact that both identified taxa represent new genera suggests that other birds may be equally ...
... represented in the ' E ' Quarry deposits . So far only the penguins have been studied in detail ( Simpson 1971 , 1975 , 1979 ) , and the fact that both identified taxa represent new genera suggests that other birds may be equally ...
Page 75
... represented at certain levels in the succession , or areas within the mine , evidently because of the tapho- nomic factors in operation . For example the alcelaphines ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , which were undoubtedly grazers ...
... represented at certain levels in the succession , or areas within the mine , evidently because of the tapho- nomic factors in operation . For example the alcelaphines ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , which were undoubtedly grazers ...
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... represented in the QSM died primarily from predation , endemic disease , accidents , etc. on the ancient floodplain , analysis of their remains should produce age profiles in which those classes most prone to death by predation , etc ...
... represented in the QSM died primarily from predation , endemic disease , accidents , etc. on the ancient floodplain , analysis of their remains should produce age profiles in which those classes most prone to death by predation , etc ...
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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