Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... giraffids died from a cause that does not select with respect to age . Since the giraffid remains come from an ancient river channel , the most probable cause is drowning during flood periods . Giraffid bones far outnumber those of ...
... giraffids died from a cause that does not select with respect to age . Since the giraffid remains come from an ancient river channel , the most probable cause is drowning during flood periods . Giraffid bones far outnumber those of ...
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... giraffids , which are particularly abundant in the PPM . Giraffids were totally absent in the historic fauna of the region , reflecting the historic absence of suitable browse trees . Tree growth in early Pliocene times was probably ...
... giraffids , which are particularly abundant in the PPM . Giraffids were totally absent in the historic fauna of the region , reflecting the historic absence of suitable browse trees . Tree growth in early Pliocene times was probably ...
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... giraffids ) or to attempt crossings ( ? the alcelaphines ) during periods of ( ? seasonally ) high flow . Flooding as a cause of death tends to select its victims without regard for age . Therefore , if the alcelaphines and giraffids ...
... giraffids ) or to attempt crossings ( ? the alcelaphines ) during periods of ( ? seasonally ) high flow . Flooding as a cause of death tends to select its victims without regard for age . Therefore , if the alcelaphines and giraffids ...
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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