Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1974 - Natural history |
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Page 52
... Elandsfontein . The southern springbok is best known from Swartklip , but is also represented in the Elandsfontein and Melkbos assemblages and may also be present at Sea Harvest . The horn cores of A. recki are more like those of A ...
... Elandsfontein . The southern springbok is best known from Swartklip , but is also represented in the Elandsfontein and Melkbos assemblages and may also be present at Sea Harvest . The horn cores of A. recki are more like those of A ...
Page 210
... Elandsfontein which date from the Florisian and those which do not . Since the Elandsfontein fauna as a whole is clearly older than that from Swartklip , the common ' normal ' - sized C. mesomelas was regarded as part of the earlier ...
... Elandsfontein which date from the Florisian and those which do not . Since the Elandsfontein fauna as a whole is clearly older than that from Swartklip , the common ' normal ' - sized C. mesomelas was regarded as part of the earlier ...
Page 294
... Elandsfontein machairodont is a species which is comparable in size to Megantereon gracile from Sterkfontein ( Broom 1948 ) and M. eurynodon from Kromdraai . Ewer ( 1955c : 608 ) thought it unlikely that these two forms could be ...
... Elandsfontein machairodont is a species which is comparable in size to Megantereon gracile from Sterkfontein ( Broom 1948 ) and M. eurynodon from Kromdraai . Ewer ( 1955c : 608 ) thought it unlikely that these two forms could be ...
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SOUTHWESTERN CAPE PROVINCE | 2 |
Modern mammals of the southwestern Cape Province | 8 |
Fossil mammal occurrences in the southwestern Cape Province | 22 |
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abronia accessory cusp Aonyx apparently assemblage Baard's Quarry Bed 3a belong Bone Circle braincase buccal canine Canis mesomelas Cape lion capensis caracal carnassials carnivores chama cheekteeth comparative series conspecific Cornelian crocuta dentition deposits diam DIEGO differences Dimensions Dinofelis distal end Elandsfontein Ewer extant fauna Felis Florisian fossil Genetta Hendey Herpestes Holocene holotype Hyaena Hyaena brunnea Hyaenictis hyaenid individual Kurtén Langebaanweg Langebaanweg species larger late Pliocene lineage M₁ machairodont Machairodus Makapanian mammals mandible mandibular fragment material maxillary fragment Maximum antero-posterior diameter Maximum transverse diameter Megantereon Melkbos Mellivora metaconid modern species modern specimens mungo occurrences P₁ P₂ Panthera leo parastyle pardus Percrocuta Pleistocene Pliocene postcranial posterior preforfex premolars present protocone proximal end Quaternary region relatively represented respect Sea Harvest serval similar skeleton skull smaller South African southern Africa Subfamily Suricata Swartklip Table talonid teeth terblanchei tooth vertebrate Viverra viverrid Vulpes