Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 193
... reduced , and , in general , the occlusal surface shows a distobucally directed wear bevel . The protoconid shows a nearly flat , slightly buccally sloping wear face . A large , longitudinally elongate , ovoid dentine patch is exposed ...
... reduced , and , in general , the occlusal surface shows a distobucally directed wear bevel . The protoconid shows a nearly flat , slightly buccally sloping wear face . A large , longitudinally elongate , ovoid dentine patch is exposed ...
Page 221
... reduced . However , an alternative view , that reduction of the tail was actively selected for and that reorganization of the iliofemoralis followed as a consequence of this , is also possible . In this case one would need to postulate ...
... reduced . However , an alternative view , that reduction of the tail was actively selected for and that reorganization of the iliofemoralis followed as a consequence of this , is also possible . In this case one would need to postulate ...
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... reduction in elk would be ' age of shedding plus 25 per cent ' . On reflection , it seems likely that most ungulates shed their deciduous teeth before the crowns are completely reduced and age of shedding plus 25 per cent ' has been ...
... reduction in elk would be ' age of shedding plus 25 per cent ' . On reflection , it seems likely that most ungulates shed their deciduous teeth before the crowns are completely reduced and age of shedding plus 25 per cent ' has been ...
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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