Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1974 - Natural history |
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... already been dealt with in detail ( Hendey 1968 ) and little of significance has been added to the assemblage . One previously unrecorded species which was recently recognized is the giant alcelaphine , Megalotragus , and this lends ...
... already been dealt with in detail ( Hendey 1968 ) and little of significance has been added to the assemblage . One previously unrecorded species which was recently recognized is the giant alcelaphine , Megalotragus , and this lends ...
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... already mentioned , that from Elands- fontein includes a number of extinct genera ( e.g. Simopithecus , Megantereon , Libytherium ) , as well as a larger proportion of extinct species . Almost all the identified species have already ...
... already mentioned , that from Elands- fontein includes a number of extinct genera ( e.g. Simopithecus , Megantereon , Libytherium ) , as well as a larger proportion of extinct species . Almost all the identified species have already ...
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... already been suggested that the environment of deposition of Bed 3a differed from that of Bed 2 and this may have contributed to some of the observed differences . In addition , Bed 3a clearly postdates the underlying Bed 2 and ...
... already been suggested that the environment of deposition of Bed 3a differed from that of Bed 2 and this may have contributed to some of the observed differences . In addition , Bed 3a clearly postdates the underlying Bed 2 and ...
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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