Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 163
... teeth , at the front of the postcanine series . . . ' ( Brink 1965 : 103 ) . According to this 1965 diagnosis , this specimen possesses four incisors , one canine , two conical teeth and seven molariform teeth on each side of the upper ...
... teeth , at the front of the postcanine series . . . ' ( Brink 1965 : 103 ) . According to this 1965 diagnosis , this specimen possesses four incisors , one canine , two conical teeth and seven molariform teeth on each side of the upper ...
Page 200
... teeth contained in the maxillary and mandibular specimens are very similar . Secondly , the developmental status and eruption of the permanent teeth in these specimens are compatible with their having derived from a single individual ...
... teeth contained in the maxillary and mandibular specimens are very similar . Secondly , the developmental status and eruption of the permanent teeth in these specimens are compatible with their having derived from a single individual ...
Page 242
... teeth before the crowns are completely worn away , and a better estimate of the ( hypothetical ) age of complete reduction in elk would be ' age of shedding plus 25 per cent ' . On reflection , it seems likely that most ungulates shed ...
... teeth before the crowns are completely worn away , and a better estimate of the ( hypothetical ) age of complete reduction in elk would be ' age of shedding plus 25 per cent ' . On reflection , it seems likely that most ungulates shed ...
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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