Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 97South African Museum, 1985 - Natual history |
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Page 48
... Pleistocene age . The second is Elephas iolensis , an elephant that in southern Africa is known only from middle Pleistocene contexts . The deposits from which these specimens were derived overlie the core of the compound barrier ...
... Pleistocene age . The second is Elephas iolensis , an elephant that in southern Africa is known only from middle Pleistocene contexts . The deposits from which these specimens were derived overlie the core of the compound barrier ...
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... Pleistocene climate in the south- western Cape . The similarity in the sizes of the Spreeuwal and Skurwerug dunes is also significant in suggesting that the sediment supply in Saldanha Bay was as restricted during the early Pleistocene ...
... Pleistocene climate in the south- western Cape . The similarity in the sizes of the Spreeuwal and Skurwerug dunes is also significant in suggesting that the sediment supply in Saldanha Bay was as restricted during the early Pleistocene ...
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... Pleistocene . A Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene age for the 50 m and 30 m Complexes , respectively , is probably consistent with the warmer - water faunal elements present , relative to the colder- water assemblages of the younger ...
... Pleistocene . A Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene age for the 50 m and 30 m Complexes , respectively , is probably consistent with the warmer - water faunal elements present , relative to the colder- water assemblages of the younger ...
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