Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 67South African Museum, 1976 - Natual history |
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... vertebrae are in articulation with the most anterior caudal vertebra . Seven other caudal vertebrae are known , of which only one is in a reasonable state of preservation . The vertebral column shows regional differentiation both in the ...
... vertebrae are in articulation with the most anterior caudal vertebra . Seven other caudal vertebrae are known , of which only one is in a reasonable state of preservation . The vertebral column shows regional differentiation both in the ...
Page 307
... vertebrae , as is suggested for Ortho- suchus . All early crocodilians possess thecodontian spool - shaped , amphicoelous vertebrae , and this condition was retained generally among mesosuchians . The anterior vertebrae are keeled in ...
... vertebrae , as is suggested for Ortho- suchus . All early crocodilians possess thecodontian spool - shaped , amphicoelous vertebrae , and this condition was retained generally among mesosuchians . The anterior vertebrae are keeled in ...
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... vertebral structure as most crocodilian , but it is difficult to see what is meant by this , since the pattern found in protosuchians is also common to thecodontians . Further , the neural spines of the posterior dorsal vertebrae of ...
... vertebral structure as most crocodilian , but it is difficult to see what is meant by this , since the pattern found in protosuchians is also common to thecodontians . Further , the neural spines of the posterior dorsal vertebrae of ...
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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