Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 76The Museum, 1978 - Natual history |
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Page 52
... francolin - like phasianid ( Ghigi 1936 ) , any character state common among extant francolins or guineafowl - phasianid ... francolins . Ghigi ( 1936 ) , Bourke ( 1967 ) and R. Chapin ( in litt . ) were the sources of information on the ...
... francolin - like phasianid ( Ghigi 1936 ) , any character state common among extant francolins or guineafowl - phasianid ... francolins . Ghigi ( 1936 ) , Bourke ( 1967 ) and R. Chapin ( in litt . ) were the sources of information on the ...
Page 118
... francolins have crests , and then only rudimentary ones . No francolin has a throat fold . Therefore , a naked crown , nape or occiput is taken to be derived relative to the feathered condition . Among guinea - fowl with feathered ...
... francolins have crests , and then only rudimentary ones . No francolin has a throat fold . Therefore , a naked crown , nape or occiput is taken to be derived relative to the feathered condition . Among guinea - fowl with feathered ...
Page 119
... francolins , areas of naked skin on the head and throat are red . Therefore , red is taken to be the primitive condition relative to any other colour for the above characters . Gape adornment ( 7 ) No francolin has a gape wattle , and ...
... francolins , areas of naked skin on the head and throat are red . Therefore , red is taken to be the primitive condition relative to any other colour for the above characters . Gape adornment ( 7 ) No francolin has a gape wattle , and ...
Contents
The fossil vertebrates from Arrisdrift | 8 |
Age of the occurrence | 32 |
Acknowledgements | 38 |
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abbreviated Adcrocuta Antenna Arrisdrift author's name Basis of pereiopod bicuspidata Bill length bones Cape Town carapace carina carpus Cere structure Chasmaporthetes Cistecephalus Climacoceras collar Contour maps crest Cumacea distal distribution Dorsal spot dorsal view endopod endopodite Euryboas eximia variabilis exopod exopodite fauna female Figure fossil genera genus guinea-fowl Guttera Hemilamprops Hendey holotype humerus Hyaena hyaenids Ictitherium indet kani Kurtén Langebaanweg late Miocene Lateral view M₁ mandible margin maxilla Maxilliped Mellivora middorsal Miocene Nape filoplume outer P₁ pairs Paralamprops paratypes peduncle of uropod Percrocuta pereiopod pleopods Plesiogulo Pliocene plumage plumifera plumose setae postcranial posterior posteriorly propodus pucherani rear length recorded relatively segment setae slender slightly somite South African Museum southern Africa species specimens spines spinules spot barbs subequal in length subspecies SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM Table talonid Tarso-metatarsus length taxa teeth telson uropod ventral vermiculation Wattle basal width Wattle length Xenopus gilli Xenopus laevis Zool