Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 52The Museum, 1969 - Natural history |
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Page 52
... skull of an adult , with the braincase almost intact , but having lost the tympanic bullae , most of the basi- occipital , the sphenoid , the zygomatic arches , and parts or all of other delicate features from the base of the skull ...
... skull of an adult , with the braincase almost intact , but having lost the tympanic bullae , most of the basi- occipital , the sphenoid , the zygomatic arches , and parts or all of other delicate features from the base of the skull ...
Page 128
... skull proportions used by Fraser to distinguish between the two groups , the zygomatic width and the rostrum width at three - quarters of its length , fell between the ranges for frontalis and attenuata . When the skull measurements of ...
... skull proportions used by Fraser to distinguish between the two groups , the zygomatic width and the rostrum width at three - quarters of its length , fell between the ranges for frontalis and attenuata . When the skull measurements of ...
Page 134
... skull proportions , however , the Durban specimen was rather different from those from Arari , was more closely related to Fraser's attenuata group , and was apparently closest to S. cf. capensis from St. Helena . Data from the post ...
... skull proportions , however , the Durban specimen was rather different from those from Arari , was more closely related to Fraser's attenuata group , and was apparently closest to S. cf. capensis from St. Helena . Data from the post ...
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THE TUNAS OF THE GENUS THUNNUS IN SOUTH AFRICAN | 3 |
Calappa | 8 |
Distribution and migrations | 14 |
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Achaeus adult Agulhas Agulhas Current alalunga albacares animals antennal Antidorcas Arari dolphins assemblage Atlantic Atlantide dolphin axial Barnard bones Cape Town capensis carapace carapace length carpus cartilage caudal chela clasper coast comparative dactyl Decapoda distal dolphin dorsal Durban Durban dolphin ecdysis Elandsfontein Family females Fish fossil Fraser frontalis G PED genus groove haughtoni Hendey Holotype horn cores Indian Ocean intermoult periods lalandii lateral lirae lobes M₁ maccoyii males mandible margin material Melkbos miraletus moulted n.sp obesus ocellifera outer lip ovig pereiopods Pleistocene pleopod posterior present species range recorded Redunca region ribs ridge rock lobsters rogersi rostrum sculpture segment shell skull Slangkop slightly snout South African Museum specimens spermatophoric spines spinules Station BRU Stenella SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM surface Swartklip Syncerus TABLE teeth temperature Thunnus tooth Transgression complex transverse tubercles tuna valve ventral vertebrae whorl width Zool ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE