Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1993 - Natural history |
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... species , Colius cf. C. striatus and Urocolius sp . , have been recognized amongst the fossil bird remains of Olduvai . This is the first fossil record of the genus Urocolius . The only other African fossil record of the order ...
... species , Colius cf. C. striatus and Urocolius sp . , have been recognized amongst the fossil bird remains of Olduvai . This is the first fossil record of the genus Urocolius . The only other African fossil record of the order ...
Page 207
... species of living and fossil mousebirds . 1 = Colius striatus ( n = 51 ) ; 2 = C. colius ( n 19 ) ; 3 = C. leucocepha- lus ( n = 1 ) ; 4 = Colius cf. C. striatus ( n = 1 ) ; 5 = Urocolius macrourus ( n = 5 ) ; 6 = U. indicus ( n = 33 ) ...
... species of living and fossil mousebirds . 1 = Colius striatus ( n = 51 ) ; 2 = C. colius ( n 19 ) ; 3 = C. leucocepha- lus ( n = 1 ) ; 4 = Colius cf. C. striatus ( n = 1 ) ; 5 = Urocolius macrourus ( n = 5 ) ; 6 = U. indicus ( n = 33 ) ...
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... fossil species are related to each other is not understood . This , and the fact that only skeletal material can be studied , precludes a more definitive statement other than that the Olduvai species Colius cf. C. striatus might be ...
... fossil species are related to each other is not understood . This , and the fact that only skeletal material can be studied , precludes a more definitive statement other than that the Olduvai species Colius cf. C. striatus might be ...
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abbreviations Africa anconal view archiaci author's name Ballmann bicuspidata blue-naped mousebird Brodkorb Carpal tuberosity Carpometacarpi CARPOMETACARPUS characters separate Coliidae Coliiformes Colius cf consobrinus coracohumeral surface coracoid defined by variables e.g. group Eocene extant external condyle external cotyla facet relatively Figure fossil bird fossil mousebirds fossil species fossil specimen furcular facet Gastropoda genus Colius Fig group 4 Colius hendeyi Fig holotype humerus Internal condyle relatively internal view Langebaanweg leucocephalus Fig living and fossil maximum distal width maximum proximal width measurements mensural data metacarpal minimum shaft width morphological Mourer-Chauviré MPW and MDW OLD FLK NNI Olduvai Gorge olecranon palmar view paludicolus palustris Phalanx Pierce Brodkorb Primocolius proximal view range n mean Rich & Haarhoff rotular crest seven species South African Museum species of Colius species of living species of mousebirds sternal end striatus Fig Synonymy TANZANIA Tibiotarsi trochlea ulna unsexed Urocolius indicus Urocolius macrourus Urocolius sp