Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 85
... species tend to have wider distributions . Conse- quently , descendants of late Miocene immigrant carnivores to Africa might have become established in the far south of the continent sooner than their herbivorous counterparts . The more ...
... species tend to have wider distributions . Conse- quently , descendants of late Miocene immigrant carnivores to Africa might have become established in the far south of the continent sooner than their herbivorous counterparts . The more ...
Page 90
... species 3 species Pholidota and Tubulidentata Present Not recorded Carnivora Canidae 2 species Ursidae Mustelidae Phocidae Viverridae Hyaenidae Felidae Proboscidea . Hyracoidea Perissodactyla Equidae Rhinocerotidae Tapiridae ...
... species 3 species Pholidota and Tubulidentata Present Not recorded Carnivora Canidae 2 species Ursidae Mustelidae Phocidae Viverridae Hyaenidae Felidae Proboscidea . Hyracoidea Perissodactyla Equidae Rhinocerotidae Tapiridae ...
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... species of Aeolidiella . There are thus inherent problems in separating the genera . If all species of Spurilla do , indeed , possess a branch of the anterior digestive system within the head as suggested by Burn ( 1969 ) , this will ...
... species of Aeolidiella . There are thus inherent problems in separating the genera . If all species of Spurilla do , indeed , possess a branch of the anterior digestive system within the head as suggested by Burn ( 1969 ) , this will ...
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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