Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 76The Museum, 1978 - Natual history |
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... Arrisdrift species is undoubtedly a pliohyracine , Prohyrax is accordingly included in this subfamily . The Arrisdrift species shares some characters with other pliohyracines but it is not conspecific with any of them , the most obvious ...
... Arrisdrift species is undoubtedly a pliohyracine , Prohyrax is accordingly included in this subfamily . The Arrisdrift species shares some characters with other pliohyracines but it is not conspecific with any of them , the most obvious ...
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... Arrisdrift ( AD 339 , AD 1103 ) resemble those of Dicerorhinus rather than Aceratherium in having metacone bulges and unconstricted proto- cones ( Fig . 8 ) . These characteristics , together with the elongated metatarsals , distinguish ...
... Arrisdrift ( AD 339 , AD 1103 ) resemble those of Dicerorhinus rather than Aceratherium in having metacone bulges and unconstricted proto- cones ( Fig . 8 ) . These characteristics , together with the elongated metatarsals , distinguish ...
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... Arrisdrift mandible ( AD 813 ) are almost identical in size to the corresponding teeth of the K. simpsoni holotype , but the posterior walls of the anterior lobes lack the prominent ribs which characterize Kenyala- gomys . There is ...
... Arrisdrift mandible ( AD 813 ) are almost identical in size to the corresponding teeth of the K. simpsoni holotype , but the posterior walls of the anterior lobes lack the prominent ribs which characterize Kenyala- gomys . There is ...
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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MIOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM | 2 |
The fossil vertebrates from Arrisdrift | 8 |
Age of the occurrence | 32 |
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Adcrocuta Antenna Arrisdrift author's name Basis of pereiopod bicuspidata Bill length bone Cape Town carapace carina carpus Cere structure Chasmaporthetes Cistecephalus Cistecephalus sp Climacoceras collar Contour maps crest Cumacea distal distribution Dorsal spot dorsal view endopod endopodite Euryboas eximia variabilis exopod exopodite fauna female Figure fossil frontal length genera genus guinea-fowl gulo Guttera harpacticoid Hemilamprops Hendey holotype humerus Hyaena hyaenids Ictitherium indet kani Langebaanweg late Miocene Lateral view M₁ mandible margin maxilla Maxilliped middorsal Miocene Nape filoplume Numida meleagris outer pairs Paralamprops paratypes peduncle of uropod Percrocuta pereiopod pleopods Pliocene plumage plumifera plumose setae posterior posteriorly propodus pucherani rear length rest of limb segment setae slender slightly somite South African Museum southern Africa species specimens spines spinules spot barbs subequal in length subspecies Table talonid Tarso-metatarsus length taxa teeth telson uropod ventral vermiculation Wattle basal width Wattle length Xenopus gilli Xenopus laevis Zool