Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 76The Museum, 1978 - Natual history |
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... suggests a middle Miocene rather than earlier age . ? Family Felidae ? Metailurus sp . An isolated upper canine ( AD 616 ) apparently belongs to a large felid of the group which includes the extinct genera Metailurus and Dinofelis . The ...
... suggests a middle Miocene rather than earlier age . ? Family Felidae ? Metailurus sp . An isolated upper canine ( AD 616 ) apparently belongs to a large felid of the group which includes the extinct genera Metailurus and Dinofelis . The ...
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... suggests it is pre - ' Vallesian ' ( see Hooijer 1975 ) , while the absence of positively identifiable bovids and palaeo- tragines suggests that it predates the 14 m.y. old Fort Ternan fauna ( see Gentry 1970 ; Churcher 1970 ) . There ...
... suggests it is pre - ' Vallesian ' ( see Hooijer 1975 ) , while the absence of positively identifiable bovids and palaeo- tragines suggests that it predates the 14 m.y. old Fort Ternan fauna ( see Gentry 1970 ; Churcher 1970 ) . There ...
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... suggests that due to the similar medial position of the internal process relative to the condyle in Kawingasaurus , contraction of the subcoraco- brachialis would also have resulted in a downward thrust of the humerus . Other muscles ...
... suggests that due to the similar medial position of the internal process relative to the condyle in Kawingasaurus , contraction of the subcoraco- brachialis would also have resulted in a downward thrust of the humerus . Other muscles ...
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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