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 ...
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... coast forms . Additionally , calm - water species may also inhabit the substrate below average wave - base , and become incorpor- ated into open - coast facies , provided the open - coast temperature regime is within species tolerances ...
... coast forms . Additionally , calm - water species may also inhabit the substrate below average wave - base , and become incorpor- ated into open - coast facies , provided the open - coast temperature regime is within species tolerances ...
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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 Agulhas Amphipoda Annals anteriorly apelex Arrisdrift authors Avontuur Barnard body whorl brachial valve brachiopods canines Cape Province Cape Town Carrington & Kensley Ciconia Ciconiidae coast columella comma convex cusp deposits depth Description Diaphus distal distribution dorsal dune Elandsfontein fauna figures fossil Gastropoda genus Geronticus Gnathopod hauls Hendey high sea-level Holotype Hondeklip Zone Hottentot Hulley interior Khoikhoi Koingnaas Kolpochoerus Lampanyctodes hectoris Lampanyctus Langebaanweg lanternfish Lemboides length limnetes lirae mandible margin material mesopelagic Miocene Mollusca Myctophidae Myctophum Nafpaktitis nigrescens Ocean outer lip paiceae paper paratypes parentheses pedicle pedicle valve photophore plates Pliocene posterior recorded references ribs Saldanha Saldanha Bay scientific name sclerites shell Skurwerug Smith socket ridges South African Museum southern Africa southern Benguela region SP SPP species specific name specimens spiral stork SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM Synonymy Table Tankard tarsometatarsus Tertiary tooth Triphoturus upper Uropod USNM ventral width Xenobrochus