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Page 158
... relatively weak hind limbs and short tails and because of this tended not to be open- country hunters . Thus they may have lain in wait for their prey in close cover and did not run it down in a chase . Certainly sabre - tooth cats were ...
... relatively weak hind limbs and short tails and because of this tended not to be open- country hunters . Thus they may have lain in wait for their prey in close cover and did not run it down in a chase . Certainly sabre - tooth cats were ...
Page 177
... relatively great inclination of the horncores and the convex shape of the inferior margin of the mandible ( Fig . 4 ) is more reminiscent of R. mela- notis . This may indicate that the lines leading to R. campestris and R. melanotis had ...
... relatively great inclination of the horncores and the convex shape of the inferior margin of the mandible ( Fig . 4 ) is more reminiscent of R. mela- notis . This may indicate that the lines leading to R. campestris and R. melanotis had ...
Page 182
... relatively long dental rows in the terminal Pleistocene Raphicerus samples from Nelson Bay and Elands Bay is that there are smaller , but still significant mean differences among other Cape Biotic Zone samples ( for example , between ...
... relatively long dental rows in the terminal Pleistocene Raphicerus samples from Nelson Bay and Elands Bay is that there are smaller , but still significant mean differences among other Cape Biotic Zone samples ( for example , between ...
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