Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 121
... noted that the presence of an anterior accessory digestive branch within the head is unique to Spurilla , although its presence has been noted in only three of the seven species which he included in the genus . The final criterion that ...
... noted that the presence of an anterior accessory digestive branch within the head is unique to Spurilla , although its presence has been noted in only three of the seven species which he included in the genus . The final criterion that ...
Page 163
... noted that the variables related directly to the size of the brain ( parietal width ) and orbits exhibit definite negative allometry compared to total cranial length . This phenomenon may be expected in an ontogenetic growth series , as ...
... noted that the variables related directly to the size of the brain ( parietal width ) and orbits exhibit definite negative allometry compared to total cranial length . This phenomenon may be expected in an ontogenetic growth series , as ...
Page 165
... noted previously , the left canine socket and the damaged root which it contains have been exposed . The distance on this side between the mesial face of the first molariform tooth and the distal edge of the canine socket measures some ...
... noted previously , the left canine socket and the damaged root which it contains have been exposed . The distance on this side between the mesial face of the first molariform tooth and the distal edge of the canine socket measures some ...
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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