Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 76The Museum, 1978 - Natual history |
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... late Miocene of east and north Africa ( Lavocat 1961 ; Bishop & Pickford 1975 ) Pliohyrax - very large ; late Miocene and Pliocene of Europe and China ( Forsyth- Major 1899 ; Osborn 1899 ; Viret 1949 ; Viret & Thenius 1952 ; Tung ...
... late Miocene of east and north Africa ( Lavocat 1961 ; Bishop & Pickford 1975 ) Pliohyrax - very large ; late Miocene and Pliocene of Europe and China ( Forsyth- Major 1899 ; Osborn 1899 ; Viret 1949 ; Viret & Thenius 1952 ; Tung ...
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... late Miocene fauna of the continent is not well known . It is , however , becoming increasingly clear that African faunas of the very late Miocene and early Pliocene were as spectacular in character as the Eurasian ' Hipparion faunas ...
... late Miocene fauna of the continent is not well known . It is , however , becoming increasingly clear that African faunas of the very late Miocene and early Pliocene were as spectacular in character as the Eurasian ' Hipparion faunas ...
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... late Miocene ancestor of the Langebaanweg Euryboas is likely to have had the following amongst its characteristics : 1. M2 reduced or absent . 2. M1 metaconid present , although possibly smaller than in Ictitherium , Palhyaena and ...
... late Miocene ancestor of the Langebaanweg Euryboas is likely to have had the following amongst its characteristics : 1. M2 reduced or absent . 2. M1 metaconid present , although possibly smaller than in Ictitherium , Palhyaena and ...
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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