Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 54
... represented in the ' E ' Quarry deposits . So far only the penguins have been studied in detail ( Simpson 1971 , 1975 , 1979 ) , and the fact that both identified taxa represent new genera suggests that other birds may be equally ...
... represented in the ' E ' Quarry deposits . So far only the penguins have been studied in detail ( Simpson 1971 , 1975 , 1979 ) , and the fact that both identified taxa represent new genera suggests that other birds may be equally ...
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... represented at certain levels in the succession , or areas within the mine , evidently because of the tapho- nomic factors in operation . For example the alcelaphines ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , which were undoubtedly grazers ...
... represented at certain levels in the succession , or areas within the mine , evidently because of the tapho- nomic factors in operation . For example the alcelaphines ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , which were undoubtedly grazers ...
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... represented in the QSM died primarily from predation , endemic disease , accidents , etc. on the ancient floodplain , analysis of their remains should produce age profiles in which those classes most prone to death by predation , etc ...
... represented in the QSM died primarily from predation , endemic disease , accidents , etc. on the ancient floodplain , analysis of their remains should produce age profiles in which those classes most prone to death by predation , etc ...
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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