Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 33
... taxon may be very different . The most characteristic of the beds 3aS and 3aN taxa are the seal ( Homiphoca capensis ) , giraffids ( Giraffa sp . , Sivatherium hendeyi ) , alcelaphine antelope ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , and a ...
... taxon may be very different . The most characteristic of the beds 3aS and 3aN taxa are the seal ( Homiphoca capensis ) , giraffids ( Giraffa sp . , Sivatherium hendeyi ) , alcelaphine antelope ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , and a ...
Page 54
... taxa may be difficult . With the exception of some sharks ( see p . 68 ) , the lower vertebrates apparently represent forms which still occur in the region , or in the adjacent ocean . The remains of birds are also abundant , a ...
... taxa may be difficult . With the exception of some sharks ( see p . 68 ) , the lower vertebrates apparently represent forms which still occur in the region , or in the adjacent ocean . The remains of birds are also abundant , a ...
Page 86
... taxa shortly before deposition of the QSM and PPM . Such taxa include Agriotherium and the others referred to above . Since the Varswater Formation was laid down over an appreciable period , it is also possible that during this period ...
... taxa shortly before deposition of the QSM and PPM . Such taxa include Agriotherium and the others referred to above . Since the Varswater Formation was laid down over an appreciable period , it is also possible that during this period ...
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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