Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... Pleistocene transgression " . According to the present interpretation of the Langebaanweg succession . deposits beneath the floor of ' E ' Quarry ( pre - GM ) are associated with the early to middle Miocene transgression ; the 30 m ...
... Pleistocene transgression " . According to the present interpretation of the Langebaanweg succession . deposits beneath the floor of ' E ' Quarry ( pre - GM ) are associated with the early to middle Miocene transgression ; the 30 m ...
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... Pleistocene ) . It is , therefore , not inconsistent with the inferred Pliocene age of the 50 m shoreline . As indicated above , there is unequivocal evidence for the presence of the river during the late Pliocene / early Pleistocene ...
... Pleistocene ) . It is , therefore , not inconsistent with the inferred Pliocene age of the 50 m shoreline . As indicated above , there is unequivocal evidence for the presence of the river during the late Pliocene / early Pleistocene ...
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... Pleistocene human occupations in the area as well . There are recorded vertebrate fossil occur- rences dating from the ? early Pleistocene ( Skurwerug , near Saldanha ) , middle Pleistocene ( Elandsfontein ) , and late Pleistocene ( Sea ...
... Pleistocene human occupations in the area as well . There are recorded vertebrate fossil occur- rences dating from the ? early Pleistocene ( Skurwerug , near Saldanha ) , middle Pleistocene ( Elandsfontein ) , and late Pleistocene ( Sea ...
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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