Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... bed 3aS was truncated by the bed 3aN channel . ( Fig . 6 ) , which resulted in the loss from bed 3aS of the marsh and pond facies evident in bed 3aN ( Table 3 ) . The bed 3aN deposits were recently discussed in some detail ( Hendey 1980 ...
... bed 3aS was truncated by the bed 3aN channel . ( Fig . 6 ) , which resulted in the loss from bed 3aS of the marsh and pond facies evident in bed 3aN ( Table 3 ) . The bed 3aN deposits were recently discussed in some detail ( Hendey 1980 ...
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... Bed 3aN boselaphine sample , in which the coefficients of variation are very large ( Table 1 ) , confirming a visual impression of substantial size variability . On average , the Bed 3aN boselaphine teeth are significantly larger than ...
... Bed 3aN boselaphine sample , in which the coefficients of variation are very large ( Table 1 ) , confirming a visual impression of substantial size variability . On average , the Bed 3aN boselaphine teeth are significantly larger than ...
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... Bed 3aN channel fill were victims of drowning , and thus that their superabundance versus other species in the deposit may reflect a greater tendency to remain near the river during flood periods . The most likely explanation for this ...
... Bed 3aN channel fill were victims of drowning , and thus that their superabundance versus other species in the deposit may reflect a greater tendency to remain near the river during flood periods . The most likely explanation for this ...
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abbreviations age profiles alcelaphines Anyskop basal breadth Bed 3aN Bergh bicuspidata bone Brink Broom & Robinson buccal cusp Cape Town cerata cervical enamel prominence cervical margin Coryphella Cragievarus kitchingi crest crown height deciduous dentary denticles dentition deposits Diademodon diameter as measured dicynodonts distal marginal ridge dorsal early Pliocene evidence facet fauna femur Flabellina fossa fossils Gastropoda genus Giraffa Giraffa sp giraffids Grine groove Hendey holotype hypocone iliofemoralis incisal indicated Langebaanweg Langebaanweg area late Miocene late Tertiary lateral mandibular Marcus maxilla maxillary MD diameter mesial mesial marginal ridge mesiodistal Miocene moderately molars muscle occlusal Pleistocene Pliocene posterior present protoconid QSM and PPM Quarry reconstructed from cast recorded relatively represented rhinophores river Robertia Robertia broomiana Scale in cm scapula sea-level separated shorelines Sivatherium Sivatherium hendeyi slightly South Africa South African Museum south-western Cape species specimen synonym Tankard taxa teeth terrestrial THERAPSIDA tooth transgression Varswater Formation ventral vertebrae