Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 67South African Museum, 1976 - Natual history |
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Page 294
... position . The deep acetabulum and pronounced supra - acetabular buttress would have been advantageous with the femur held in this position . The musculature essential for this type of movement was well developed . The crurotarsal ankle ...
... position . The deep acetabulum and pronounced supra - acetabular buttress would have been advantageous with the femur held in this position . The musculature essential for this type of movement was well developed . The crurotarsal ankle ...
Page 300
... position of the orbits of crocodiles in relation to an aquatic mode of life . It seems that the change in orientation from the more lateral position found in early crocodiles to the dorsal inclination of living forms should be ...
... position of the orbits of crocodiles in relation to an aquatic mode of life . It seems that the change in orientation from the more lateral position found in early crocodiles to the dorsal inclination of living forms should be ...
Page 323
... position on the centrum throughout this series . Presumably it changes position farther back along the column , and so may parallel the condition found in some primitive thecodontians like Chasmatosaurus and Erythrosuchus where the ...
... position on the centrum throughout this series . Presumably it changes position farther back along the column , and so may parallel the condition found in some primitive thecodontians like Chasmatosaurus and Erythrosuchus where the ...
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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