Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... recorded only up to an elevation of 30 m . Perhaps significantly , the GM of the Varswater Formation is also comprised of a mechanically eroded Miocene phosphorite , although in the form of a gravel rather than pellet - sized particles ...
... recorded only up to an elevation of 30 m . Perhaps significantly , the GM of the Varswater Formation is also comprised of a mechanically eroded Miocene phosphorite , although in the form of a gravel rather than pellet - sized particles ...
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... recorded from bed 3aS , although it , too , is un- common . However , neither species , nor any other pig , is recorded from bed 3aN . This creates the impression that Nyanzachoerus was ' replaced locally by the hippo . There is ...
... recorded from bed 3aS , although it , too , is un- common . However , neither species , nor any other pig , is recorded from bed 3aN . This creates the impression that Nyanzachoerus was ' replaced locally by the hippo . There is ...
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... recorded Carnivora Canidae 2 species Ursidae Mustelidae Phocidae Viverridae Hyaenidae Felidae Proboscidea ... recorded Not recorded Agriotherium insigne Plesiogulo monspessulanus Meles gennevauxi Lutra affinis Pristiphoca occitana ...
... recorded Carnivora Canidae 2 species Ursidae Mustelidae Phocidae Viverridae Hyaenidae Felidae Proboscidea ... recorded Not recorded Agriotherium insigne Plesiogulo monspessulanus Meles gennevauxi Lutra affinis Pristiphoca occitana ...
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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