Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... possible indication of the magnitude of the sea - level rise which took place during their deposition . However , the actual rise might have been less , since much of the deposition associated with the 3aS and 3aN channels apparently ...
... possible indication of the magnitude of the sea - level rise which took place during their deposition . However , the actual rise might have been less , since much of the deposition associated with the 3aS and 3aN channels apparently ...
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... possible . Elevation and adduction of the distal end of the bone does seem to be possible . The facets on the humerus for articulation with the radius and ulna are almost completely ventral , indicating that the antebrachium was ...
... possible . Elevation and adduction of the distal end of the bone does seem to be possible . The facets on the humerus for articulation with the radius and ulna are almost completely ventral , indicating that the antebrachium was ...
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... possible advantages of an animal possessing a rigid vertebral column : 1. During fast locomotion , momentum would be maintained if the animal followed a linear path . Lateral deviation from this path by parts of the body would cause a ...
... possible advantages of an animal possessing a rigid vertebral column : 1. During fast locomotion , momentum would be maintained if the animal followed a linear path . Lateral deviation from this path by parts of the body would cause a ...
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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