Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 237
... profiles in which those classes most prone to death by predation , etc. — the very young and the old are disproportionately well represented compared to their initial live abundance . Mortality profiles reflecting death from an agency ...
... profiles in which those classes most prone to death by predation , etc. — the very young and the old are disproportionately well represented compared to their initial live abundance . Mortality profiles reflecting death from an agency ...
Page 243
... PROFILES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS Figures 2 to 6 present the age ( mortality ) profiles for each of the Lange- baanweg species of concern here , as well as the crown height frequency distributions on which the profiles are based . The ...
... PROFILES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS Figures 2 to 6 present the age ( mortality ) profiles for each of the Lange- baanweg species of concern here , as well as the crown height frequency distributions on which the profiles are based . The ...
Page 249
... profiles resemble each other and differ from those of the other species , which are , however , similar to each other . The catastrophic shape of the Sivatherium and Giraffa mortality profiles clearly suggests that the individuals ...
... profiles resemble each other and differ from those of the other species , which are , however , similar to each other . The catastrophic shape of the Sivatherium and Giraffa mortality profiles clearly suggests that the individuals ...
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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