Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 67South African Museum, 1976 - Natual history |
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... Protosuchus . It therefore appeared to Sill that there were two lines of crocodilian evolution during the Triassic . Proterochampsa could be regarded as representing an earlier and more typical line of crocodilians , and Protosuchus as ...
... Protosuchus . It therefore appeared to Sill that there were two lines of crocodilian evolution during the Triassic . Proterochampsa could be regarded as representing an earlier and more typical line of crocodilians , and Protosuchus as ...
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... Protosuchus about eleven . Von Huene ( 1925 ) described the teeth of Notochampsa as not compressed and without edges , and this description is equally applicable to Orthosuchus and Protosuchus . The orbits of Orthosuchus and Protosuchus ...
... Protosuchus about eleven . Von Huene ( 1925 ) described the teeth of Notochampsa as not compressed and without edges , and this description is equally applicable to Orthosuchus and Protosuchus . The orbits of Orthosuchus and Protosuchus ...
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... Protosuchus further resembles Orthosuchus in that a large pisiform element is preserved in the carpus . However , in Orthosuchus two distal carpals are present , whereas in Protosuchus and Notochampsa there is only one ( Fig . 37 ) . In ...
... Protosuchus further resembles Orthosuchus in that a large pisiform element is preserved in the carpus . However , in Orthosuchus two distal carpals are present , whereas in Protosuchus and Notochampsa there is only one ( Fig . 37 ) . In ...
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abbreviated adductor Africa Agassiz Amphipoda antenna apex apically author's name bearing Beaufort Series bicuspidata British Museum Natural Broom Brough Cape Town capensis Chelydontops Chevreux crocodilian Crustacea Debrenne dentary Description Diagnosis dicynodonts DIEGO distal Distribution dorsal view Dwyka elongate Endemic Euparkeria False Bay Family femur figures flagellum forms Gardiner genus gnathopod Haughton Holotype inner ramus K. H. Barnard khaki sand lateral length living crocodiles lobe lower mandibular material maxilla maxilliped medial muraille externe muscle Museum Natural History Natal Notochampsa oblique Orthosuchus Orthosuchus stormbergi outer ramus palate palm palp paratypes peduncle peraeonal segment peraeopod pereiopods pleo-telson pleon pleopod posterior margin posteriorly postero-distally premaxilla propodus protosuchians Protosuchus pterygoid quadrate Records ribs ridge scutes serrate setae skull slender South African Museum Sowerby species specimen spines squamosal Stebbing Steneosaurus suarezensis subequal surface suture Synonymy teeth telson temporal fenestra thecodontians tooth Triassic Upper uropod ventral vertebrae Woodward