Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 97South African Museum, 1985 - Natual history |
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... Geronticus . The name is a feminine noun in apposition . Remarks The specimens of Geronticus apelex provide the only Tertiary record for the genus . The paratypical coracoids and scapula agree with a species the size of the holotype of ...
... Geronticus . The name is a feminine noun in apposition . Remarks The specimens of Geronticus apelex provide the only Tertiary record for the genus . The paratypical coracoids and scapula agree with a species the size of the holotype of ...
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... Geronticus , as compared to Threskiornis and Plegadis , is also demonstrated . The greater similarity in the proportions of the wing of G. apelex to those of G. eremita , as opposed to G. calvus , may reflect migratory or nomadic ...
... Geronticus , as compared to Threskiornis and Plegadis , is also demonstrated . The greater similarity in the proportions of the wing of G. apelex to those of G. eremita , as opposed to G. calvus , may reflect migratory or nomadic ...
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... Geronticus apelex probably indicates quite different conditions , because both the modern species of Geronticus characteristically inhabit open , arid areas or grasslands . Both are also gregarious and nest in regions with rocky ...
... Geronticus apelex probably indicates quite different conditions , because both the modern species of Geronticus characteristically inhabit open , arid areas or grasslands . Both are also gregarious and nest in regions with rocky ...
Contents
The Elandsfontein material | 31 |
The Zululand specimen | 39 |
Acknowledgements | 53 |
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50 m Complex abbreviations Annals anteriorly apelex author's name Avontuur Barnard Benguela body whorl brachial valve brachiopods calvus canines Cape Province Cape Town Carrington & Kensley Ciconia coast columella Concholepas conjoined valves crura cusp deltidial plates deposits depth described Description Shell Diaphus distal dorsal dune early Pleistocene Elandsfontein elongate fauna figures fossil Gastropoda genus Geronticus Gnathopod Haughton Hendey high sea-level hinge Holotype Hondeklip Zone Hottentot Hulley italics Kilburn Lampanyctus Langebaanweg lanternfishes length limnetes loop mandible margin material Megerlia mexicanus Mollusca Myctophidae Myctophum Nafpaktitis nigrescens Ocean outer lip paratypes parentheses pedicle pedicle valve photophore Pliocene posterior postnatal whorls present recorded references region ribs rounded Saldanha Bay scientific name sclerites sculpture separates Skurwerug slightly Smith socket ridges South African Museum species specific name specimens spiral lirae subheadings Synonymy Table Tankard tooth Triphoturus upper USNM valve interior ventral views of conjoined width Xenobrochus