Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... alcelaphines , Damalacra neanica and D. acalla , which are common in the higher levels ( beds 3aS and 3aN ) , but very rare lower down ( QSM ) . If grasslands were , indeed , giving way to woodlands , then the alcelaphines would also ...
... alcelaphines , Damalacra neanica and D. acalla , which are common in the higher levels ( beds 3aS and 3aN ) , but very rare lower down ( QSM ) . If grasslands were , indeed , giving way to woodlands , then the alcelaphines would also ...
Page 236
... alcelaphines ) to more closed ( wooded ) vegetation in 3aN ( dominated by browsing giraffids ) . Vegetational change may also account for the superabundance of alcelaphines and giraffids in the PPM v . the QSM , but it seems equally ...
... alcelaphines ) to more closed ( wooded ) vegetation in 3aN ( dominated by browsing giraffids ) . Vegetational change may also account for the superabundance of alcelaphines and giraffids in the PPM v . the QSM , but it seems equally ...
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... alcelaphines v . other species in Bed 3aS . Although the alcelaphine crown heights have yet to be measured , subjective examination suggests that they will provide ' catastrophic ' age profiles at least broadly similar to the giraffid ...
... alcelaphines v . other species in Bed 3aS . Although the alcelaphine crown heights have yet to be measured , subjective examination suggests that they will provide ' catastrophic ' age profiles at least broadly similar to the giraffid ...
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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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