Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... fossils in these deposits was reported ( Singer & Hooijer 1958 ) . Since then the area has become one of the most prolific sources of late Tertiary fossils in Africa . Phosphate has been mined in two areas , and both have yielded fossils ...
... fossils in these deposits was reported ( Singer & Hooijer 1958 ) . Since then the area has become one of the most prolific sources of late Tertiary fossils in Africa . Phosphate has been mined in two areas , and both have yielded fossils ...
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... fossil lag on , and in lee of phosphate rock fossils PPM bed 3aN III quartz sand and fossil lag intermediate between II and IV grading into carbonaceous sand IV marsh and pond PPM , not bed D4 3aS sub- divided river channel and river ...
... fossil lag on , and in lee of phosphate rock fossils PPM bed 3aN III quartz sand and fossil lag intermediate between II and IV grading into carbonaceous sand IV marsh and pond PPM , not bed D4 3aS sub- divided river channel and river ...
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... fossils , since the resultant data may indicate whether or not the fossils were deposited by flowing water , and , if so , the current direction ( s ) . In one of the earlier controlled excavations in ' E ' Quarry ( LBW / E / 1969 / 1 ) ...
... fossils , since the resultant data may indicate whether or not the fossils were deposited by flowing water , and , if so , the current direction ( s ) . In one of the earlier controlled excavations in ' E ' Quarry ( LBW / E / 1969 / 1 ) ...
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3aS and 3aN acrae Aeolidiella Ampelisca Amphipoda Anyskop assemblage Baard's Quarry Baba Barnard bed 3aS Bergh bicuspidata bone Brink buccal cusp Cape Province Cape Town capensis Catriona Cenozoic cerata coast columbiana correlated Coryphella Cragievarus kitchingi crown height deciduous demissum dentary denticles deposits Diademodon dicynodonts digestive branch distal dorsal early Pliocene evidence Family fauna femur Flabellina fossa fossils genus Giraffa sp giraffids gland groove Hendey Hipparion holotype indicate Langebaanweg Langebaanweg area late Miocene late Tertiary lateral lingual mammals Marcus & Marcus marginal ridge maxilla Mesembriportax mesial mesiodistal middle Miocene Miocene muscle Namaqualand Nyanzachoerus occlusal pereopod phosphatic Pleistocene Pliocene posterior present QSM and PPM radular recorded region represented rhinophores river Robertia rows sea-level sediments separated shorelines Sivatherium slightly South Africa South African Museum south-western Cape species specimens SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM surface Tankard taxa teeth terrestrial tooth UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Varswater Formation ventral vertebrates