Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... possible that sea - level was at an elevation of about 30 m for much of the middle to late Miocene . However , this interpretation is not favoured and it seems much more likely that the early to middle Miocene transgression , during ...
... possible that sea - level was at an elevation of about 30 m for much of the middle to late Miocene . However , this interpretation is not favoured and it seems much more likely that the early to middle Miocene transgression , during ...
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... possible indication of the magnitude of the sea - level rise which took place during their deposition . However , the actual rise might have been less , since much of the deposition associated with the 3aS and 3aN channels apparently ...
... possible indication of the magnitude of the sea - level rise which took place during their deposition . However , the actual rise might have been less , since much of the deposition associated with the 3aS and 3aN channels apparently ...
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... possible that the assemblages include specimens derived from pre - existing deposits . This applies particularly in the case of the fluviatile deposits ( beds 3aS and 3aN ) , which are , in addition , comprised largely of taxa whose ...
... possible that the assemblages include specimens derived from pre - existing deposits . This applies particularly in the case of the fluviatile deposits ( beds 3aS and 3aN ) , which are , in addition , comprised largely of taxa whose ...
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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