Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... preserved in the tidal flat bed of the QSM ( i.e. QSM III ) , and were probably derived from freshwater ponds on the QSM floodplain ( i.e. QSM I ) . The existence of such ponds was postulated by Hendey ( 1976a ) . The fossil roots ...
... preserved in the tidal flat bed of the QSM ( i.e. QSM III ) , and were probably derived from freshwater ponds on the QSM floodplain ( i.e. QSM I ) . The existence of such ponds was postulated by Hendey ( 1976a ) . The fossil roots ...
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... preserved . Close examination of the left side of the specimen revealed an impression in the matrix of much of the inner surface of the ascending ramus of the dentary . Most notably , there exists the impression of part of the anterior ...
... preserved . Close examination of the left side of the specimen revealed an impression in the matrix of much of the inner surface of the ascending ramus of the dentary . Most notably , there exists the impression of part of the anterior ...
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... preserved in situ on the interclavicle ( see Fig . 3B ) . The proximal end of the clavicle is flattened and spoon - shaped , bearing a distinct ridge ( Fig . 3B : r ) which continues on to the A C B чт de 1 cm 1 cm 1cm sca D 40 ° b Fig ...
... preserved in situ on the interclavicle ( see Fig . 3B ) . The proximal end of the clavicle is flattened and spoon - shaped , bearing a distinct ridge ( Fig . 3B : r ) which continues on to the A C B чт de 1 cm 1 cm 1cm sca D 40 ° b Fig ...
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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