Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... taxon may be very different . The most characteristic of the beds 3aS and 3aN taxa are the seal ( Homiphoca capensis ) , giraffids ( Giraffa sp . , Sivatherium hendeyi ) , alcelaphine antelope ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , and a ...
... taxon may be very different . The most characteristic of the beds 3aS and 3aN taxa are the seal ( Homiphoca capensis ) , giraffids ( Giraffa sp . , Sivatherium hendeyi ) , alcelaphine antelope ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , and a ...
Page 54
... taxa may be difficult . With the exception of some sharks ( see p . 68 ) , the lower vertebrates apparently represent forms which still occur in the region , or in the adjacent ocean . The remains of birds are also abundant , a ...
... taxa may be difficult . With the exception of some sharks ( see p . 68 ) , the lower vertebrates apparently represent forms which still occur in the region , or in the adjacent ocean . The remains of birds are also abundant , a ...
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... taxa shortly before deposition of the QSM and PPM . Such taxa include Agriotherium and the others referred to above . Since the Varswater Formation was laid down over an appreciable period , it is also possible that during this period ...
... taxa shortly before deposition of the QSM and PPM . Such taxa include Agriotherium and the others referred to above . Since the Varswater Formation was laid down over an appreciable period , it is also possible that during this period ...
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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