Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... example , the activities of predators and scavengers may be revealed by distinctive types of damage and thus provide evidence of trophic relationships , while the condition of specimens may also indicate the nature of depositional ...
... example , the activities of predators and scavengers may be revealed by distinctive types of damage and thus provide evidence of trophic relationships , while the condition of specimens may also indicate the nature of depositional ...
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... example of a group that had maintained a pattern of representation established during the late Miocene , and which contrasted with that during the Quaternary when the family was less diverse and individual species were more highly ...
... example of a group that had maintained a pattern of representation established during the late Miocene , and which contrasted with that during the Quaternary when the family was less diverse and individual species were more highly ...
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... example where geography is a complicating factor when they are used for relative dating purposes . A contrasting example of a herbivore noted for its rapid dispersal and utility in faunal dating is that of Hipparion , the three - toed ...
... example where geography is a complicating factor when they are used for relative dating purposes . A contrasting example of a herbivore noted for its rapid dispersal and utility in faunal dating is that of Hipparion , the three - toed ...
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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