Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... bone , one near the head of the bone which encroaches on the dorsal surface ( Fig . 4C : sm sw ) , and the other more distal ( Fig . 4C : 1 d ) . These may represent the insertions of the subscapularis and latissimus dorsi ...
... bone , one near the head of the bone which encroaches on the dorsal surface ( Fig . 4C : sm sw ) , and the other more distal ( Fig . 4C : 1 d ) . These may represent the insertions of the subscapularis and latissimus dorsi ...
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... bone distally as is the case in Dicynodon trigonocephalus . No fourth trochanter is visible . The dorsal surface of the bone bears a prominent patch of striations ( Fig . 8B : str ) on its anterior margin just distal to the head . This ...
... bone distally as is the case in Dicynodon trigonocephalus . No fourth trochanter is visible . The dorsal surface of the bone bears a prominent patch of striations ( Fig . 8B : str ) on its anterior margin just distal to the head . This ...
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... bone approximately three - quarters of the length of the femur . The bone is almost straight , the medial edge being only slightly concave . The posterior surface bears two shallow fossae , one in the proximal and the other in the ...
... bone approximately three - quarters of the length of the femur . The bone is almost straight , the medial edge being only slightly concave . The posterior surface bears two shallow fossae , one in the proximal and the other in the ...
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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