Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 192
... protoconid appears to be the largest cusp by a considerable margin . The metaconid is well developed . The hypoconid is rather heavily worn , but it appears to have been well developed also , and probably about the same size as the ...
... protoconid appears to be the largest cusp by a considerable margin . The metaconid is well developed . The hypoconid is rather heavily worn , but it appears to have been well developed also , and probably about the same size as the ...
Page 193
... protoconid shows a nearly flat , slightly buccally sloping wear face . A large , longitudinally elongate , ovoid dentine patch is exposed on the protoconid . The mesial end of the protoconid shows a small enamel facet ( and a small ...
... protoconid shows a nearly flat , slightly buccally sloping wear face . A large , longitudinally elongate , ovoid dentine patch is exposed on the protoconid . The mesial end of the protoconid shows a small enamel facet ( and a small ...
Page 199
... protoconid . The hypoconid and entoconid , which are nearly equal in size , are slightly smaller than the trigonid cusps , and the hypoconulid is the smallest cusp . It is evident that this tooth had just reached occlusal contact with ...
... protoconid . The hypoconid and entoconid , which are nearly equal in size , are slightly smaller than the trigonid cusps , and the hypoconulid is the smallest cusp . It is evident that this tooth had just reached occlusal contact with ...
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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