Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... age ( = mortality ) profiles in which the age structure of the original live populations is closely mirrored . In contrast , if animals represented in the QSM died primarily from predation , endemic disease , accidents , etc. on the ...
... age ( = mortality ) profiles in which the age structure of the original live populations is closely mirrored . In contrast , if animals represented in the QSM died primarily from predation , endemic disease , accidents , etc. on the ...
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... age profiles , it did suggest some modifications in the assumptions listed above . In particular , on average , elk shed their deciduous teeth before the crowns are completely worn away , and a better estimate of the ( hypothetical ) age ...
... age profiles , it did suggest some modifications in the assumptions listed above . In particular , on average , elk shed their deciduous teeth before the crowns are completely worn away , and a better estimate of the ( hypothetical ) age ...
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... profiles resemble each other and differ from those of the other species , which are , however , similar to each ... age profiles at least broadly similar to the giraffid ones . Assuming that the giraffids are the most common species in ...
... profiles resemble each other and differ from those of the other species , which are , however , similar to each ... age profiles at least broadly similar to the giraffid ones . Assuming that the giraffids are the most common species in ...
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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
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84 Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum Volume 84 of Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | The Museum, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| ISBN | 0868130095, 9780868130095 |
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