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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... larger than the other fossil specimens and are morphologically more similar to Urocolius , the genus to which they have been refer- red in this report . With such a small sample size , the species determination is uncertain . The most ...
... larger than the other fossil specimens and are morphologically more similar to Urocolius , the genus to which they have been refer- red in this report . With such a small sample size , the species determination is uncertain . The most ...
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... larger and more robust than the modern species of mouse- birds , except for Urocolius indicus . Unfortunately , the sterno - coracoidal process , which is missing on the fossil specimen ( Fig . 5A ) , is one of the most diagnostic fea ...
... larger and more robust than the modern species of mouse- birds , except for Urocolius indicus . Unfortunately , the sterno - coracoidal process , which is missing on the fossil specimen ( Fig . 5A ) , is one of the most diagnostic fea ...
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... paper shows that the considerably larger sample of specimens used herein has produced a wider range of variation in the elements measured ; more sexed specimens were available , but PLIOCENE MOUSEBIRDS FROM OLDUVAI GORGE 209.
... paper shows that the considerably larger sample of specimens used herein has produced a wider range of variation in the elements measured ; more sexed specimens were available , but PLIOCENE MOUSEBIRDS FROM OLDUVAI GORGE 209.
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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