Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 84The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... tooth long since lost , and this distance is reflected in the figures , but as there is no sign of the canine on either side , the diasteme may in fact be longer . It cannot possibly be shorter . This is a very conspicuous diagnostic ...
... tooth long since lost , and this distance is reflected in the figures , but as there is no sign of the canine on either side , the diasteme may in fact be longer . It cannot possibly be shorter . This is a very conspicuous diagnostic ...
Page 180
... tooth . The lingual root is similar in size and orientation to that of Sts 69 . The principal dimensions of the crown are as follows : Ldm1 MD diameter ( as measured ) 8,6 mm BL diameter ( as measured ) 9,0 mm BL diameter ( incl ...
... tooth . The lingual root is similar in size and orientation to that of Sts 69 . The principal dimensions of the crown are as follows : Ldm1 MD diameter ( as measured ) 8,6 mm BL diameter ( as measured ) 9,0 mm BL diameter ( incl ...
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... tooth is replaced by a permanent tooth . For a permanent tooth , the chronological age of complete crown reduction is the age past which no individuals survive in the wild , sometimes known as ' potential ecological longevity ' . The ...
... tooth is replaced by a permanent tooth . For a permanent tooth , the chronological age of complete crown reduction is the age past which no individuals survive in the wild , sometimes known as ' potential ecological longevity ' . The ...
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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