Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 97South African Museum, 1985 - Natual history |
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Page 141
... coast of South Africa is provided . Molluscan fossils were obtained from two coastal regressive sedimentary complexes . The older complex records a regression from c . +50 m , and is called the 50 m Complex . Stratigraphic context in ...
... coast of South Africa is provided . Molluscan fossils were obtained from two coastal regressive sedimentary complexes . The older complex records a regression from c . +50 m , and is called the 50 m Complex . Stratigraphic context in ...
Page 142
... coast have exposed coastal marine deposits in several areas . Fossil molluscs from three localities , Koingnaas , Swartlintjiesrivier , and Strandfontein , were the subject of the paper by Carrington & Kensley ( 1969 ) . Material ...
... coast have exposed coastal marine deposits in several areas . Fossil molluscs from three localities , Koingnaas , Swartlintjiesrivier , and Strandfontein , were the subject of the paper by Carrington & Kensley ( 1969 ) . Material ...
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... coast mollusc fauna more closely resemble the modern fauna . This probably reflects the increasing dominance of the Benguela system and restriction of warmer waters to the north , the cooler regime facilitating a species radiation ...
... coast mollusc fauna more closely resemble the modern fauna . This probably reflects the increasing dominance of the Benguela system and restriction of warmer waters to the north , the cooler regime facilitating a species radiation ...
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 California canines Cape Province Cape Town Carrington & Kensley Ciconia coast columella Concholepas conjoined valves Cooper cusp deltidial plates deposits depth Description Shell Diaphus distal dorsal dune early Pleistocene Elandsfontein elongate fauna figures fossil Gastropoda genus Geronticus Gnathopod Hendey high sea-level hinge Holotype Hondeklip Zone Hottentot Hulley Koingnaas Kolpochoerus paiceae Lampanyctus Langebaanweg lanternfishes length limnetes loop mandible margin material Megerlia Meiring Naude mexicanus Miocene 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 SAN DIEGO scientific name sclerites sculpture separates Skurwerug Smith socket ridges South African Museum south-western Cape species specific name specimens spiral lirae Synonymy Table Tankard Tertiary tooth Triphoturus upper USNM ventral views of conjoined width Xenobrochus