Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... probably pointless . It seemed obvious at that time that the deposits in question ( bed 3aS ) were channel - laid and that the trend of the channel was north - east to south - west . All subsequent observations on the bed 3aS deposits ...
... probably pointless . It seemed obvious at that time that the deposits in question ( bed 3aS ) were channel - laid and that the trend of the channel was north - east to south - west . All subsequent observations on the bed 3aS deposits ...
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... probably being summer . However , the rainfall regime was then apparently changing , and the summer - wet / winter - dry pattern was probably more characteristic of the late Miocene than the early Pliocene . This possiblity , together ...
... probably being summer . However , the rainfall regime was then apparently changing , and the summer - wet / winter - dry pattern was probably more characteristic of the late Miocene than the early Pliocene . This possiblity , together ...
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... probably of middle to late Miocene age , while the QSM and PPM are probably about 5 million years old , or early Pliocene as the term is presently defined . The river , which was primarily responsible for the deposition of the QSM and ...
... probably of middle to late Miocene age , while the QSM and PPM are probably about 5 million years old , or early Pliocene as the term is presently defined . The river , which was primarily responsible for the deposition of the QSM and ...
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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