Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... river began feeding sediment into the area . The interpretation of the sea - level history at that time as ' transgression- regression - transgression ' over a prolonged period , rather than a shorter period of ' transgression ...
... river began feeding sediment into the area . The interpretation of the sea - level history at that time as ' transgression- regression - transgression ' over a prolonged period , rather than a shorter period of ' transgression ...
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... river mouth was marked by a submarine channel ( Fig . 6 ) . Later still the channel shifted northwards again , but this time the change was slight . It might have affected only a relatively short section of the river , perhaps as little ...
... river mouth was marked by a submarine channel ( Fig . 6 ) . Later still the channel shifted northwards again , but this time the change was slight . It might have affected only a relatively short section of the river , perhaps as little ...
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... river , but at least some must represent animals that were resident locally . The latter include aquatic species such as the seal and fishes , while others might have lived on the river - banks . For example , hyaenas might have roamed ...
... river , but at least some must represent animals that were resident locally . The latter include aquatic species such as the seal and fishes , while others might have lived on the river - banks . For example , hyaenas might have roamed ...
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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