Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... taxon may be very different . The most characteristic of the beds 3aS and 3aN taxa are the seal ( Homiphoca capensis ) , giraffids ( Giraffa sp . , Sivatherium hendeyi ) , alcelaphine antelope ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , and a ...
... taxon may be very different . The most characteristic of the beds 3aS and 3aN taxa are the seal ( Homiphoca capensis ) , giraffids ( Giraffa sp . , Sivatherium hendeyi ) , alcelaphine antelope ( Damalacra neanica and D. acalla ) , and a ...
Page 54
... taxa may be difficult . With the exception of some sharks ( see p . 68 ) , the lower vertebrates apparently represent forms which still occur in the region , or in the adjacent ocean . The remains of birds are also abundant , a ...
... taxa may be difficult . With the exception of some sharks ( see p . 68 ) , the lower vertebrates apparently represent forms which still occur in the region , or in the adjacent ocean . The remains of birds are also abundant , a ...
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... taxa shortly before deposition of the QSM and PPM . Such taxa include Agriotherium and the others referred to above . Since the Varswater Formation was laid down over an appreciable period , it is also possible that during this period ...
... taxa shortly before deposition of the QSM and PPM . Such taxa include Agriotherium and the others referred to above . Since the Varswater Formation was laid down over an appreciable period , it is also possible that during this period ...
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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