Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... late Cenozoic have been much more thoroughly documented , while the complexities imposed by tectonic instability ... Miocene and probably reached its greatest extent in the late Miocene or early Pliocene . The overall middle Miocene to ...
... late Cenozoic have been much more thoroughly documented , while the complexities imposed by tectonic instability ... Miocene and probably reached its greatest extent in the late Miocene or early Pliocene . The overall middle Miocene to ...
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... late Miocene , whereas at least during the early stages of the early Pliocene transgression sea temperatures were lower ( see p . 16 ) . In addition , the repeated reworking of previous products of deposition observed by Butzer ( 1973 ) ...
... late Miocene , whereas at least during the early stages of the early Pliocene transgression sea temperatures were lower ( see p . 16 ) . In addition , the repeated reworking of previous products of deposition observed by Butzer ( 1973 ) ...
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... late Miocene and early Pliocene age elsewhere in Africa , provide evidence for a period of immigration from Eurasia during the late Miocene . Conversely , there is evidence from Eurasia of the immigration of African mammals at this time ...
... late Miocene and early Pliocene age elsewhere in Africa , provide evidence for a period of immigration from Eurasia during the late Miocene . Conversely , there is evidence from Eurasia of the immigration of African mammals at this time ...
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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