Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 249
... profiles resemble each other and differ from those of the other species , which are , however , similar to each other . The catastrophic shape of the Sivatherium and Giraffa mortality profiles clearly suggests that the individuals ...
... profiles resemble each other and differ from those of the other species , which are , however , similar to each other . The catastrophic shape of the Sivatherium and Giraffa mortality profiles clearly suggests that the individuals ...
Page 251
... profiles were relatively deficient in very young individuals , similar to those from Langebaan- weg , rather than those from later Pleistocene archeological sites . The age profiles of Bed 3aN Simatherium demissum and Mesmbriportax ...
... profiles were relatively deficient in very young individuals , similar to those from Langebaan- weg , rather than those from later Pleistocene archeological sites . The age profiles of Bed 3aN Simatherium demissum and Mesmbriportax ...
Page 252
... profiles suggests death by natural attrition ( from predation , endemic disease , etc. ) . though individuals in the first 10 per cent of lifespan are under - represented v . their probable level of natural mortality . This is probably ...
... profiles suggests death by natural attrition ( from predation , endemic disease , etc. ) . though individuals in the first 10 per cent of lifespan are under - represented v . their probable level of natural mortality . This is probably ...
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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