Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... river began feeding sediment into the area . The interpretation of the sea - level history at that time as ' transgression- regression - transgression ' over a prolonged period , rather than a shorter period of ' transgression ...
... river began feeding sediment into the area . The interpretation of the sea - level history at that time as ' transgression- regression - transgression ' over a prolonged period , rather than a shorter period of ' transgression ...
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... river mouth was marked by a submarine channel ( Fig . 6 ) . Later still the channel shifted northwards again , but this time the change was slight . It might have affected only a relatively short section of the river , perhaps as little ...
... river mouth was marked by a submarine channel ( Fig . 6 ) . Later still the channel shifted northwards again , but this time the change was slight . It might have affected only a relatively short section of the river , perhaps as little ...
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... river , but at least some must represent animals that were resident locally . The latter include aquatic species such as the seal and fishes , while others might have lived on the river - banks . For example , hyaenas might have roamed ...
... river , but at least some must represent animals that were resident locally . The latter include aquatic species such as the seal and fishes , while others might have lived on the river - banks . For example , hyaenas might have roamed ...
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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