Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 56The Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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Page 189
... tusks than those species with smoothly rounded , weaker snouts . Wear facets are found in most cases , and are especially marked in forms with large tusks . These facets are confined to the inner surface of the tusk and are clearly the ...
... tusks than those species with smoothly rounded , weaker snouts . Wear facets are found in most cases , and are especially marked in forms with large tusks . These facets are confined to the inner surface of the tusk and are clearly the ...
Page 237
... tusk . No notch or break in profile on maxillary margin . Zygomatic arch steeply inclined . Choanal plane at angle to premaxil- lary palatal plane . Excavated facet on stapes . While all specimens share the above characteristics , the ...
... tusk . No notch or break in profile on maxillary margin . Zygomatic arch steeply inclined . Choanal plane at angle to premaxil- lary palatal plane . Excavated facet on stapes . While all specimens share the above characteristics , the ...
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... tusk development . Tripathi & Satsangi ( 1963 ) supported Broom's ( 1932 ) division of Lystro- saurus into males and females , and in their definition of L. murrayi state : ' Skull table highly variable , in male individuals fronto ...
... tusk development . Tripathi & Satsangi ( 1963 ) supported Broom's ( 1932 ) division of Lystro- saurus into males and females , and in their definition of L. murrayi state : ' Skull table highly variable , in male individuals fronto ...
Contents
BEAUFORT BEDS OF THE KAROO | 2 |
A review of previous work | 22 |
The nonreptilian elements in the fauna and the flora | 29 |
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animals Anteosaurus anteriorly articular Baard's Quarry basicranial axis basioccipital basisphenoid bone Boné & Singer Boonstra Bovidae Bradysaurus braincase Broom Bushmen Cape condyle cranial Daptocephalus dentary deposits described Dicynodon testudirostris dicynodonts Dinocephalia dinocephalian Emydops Equus Ewer external adductor muscle Family fenestra foramen fossa fossils frontal frontonasal ridge genera genus Gorgonopsia groove groups Haughton Hendey Hipparion horizon horn cores Incertae sedis inserted interpterygoidal Jonkeria Karoo Kingoria Kleinzee Langebaanweg Langebaanweg fauna Lystrosaurus Lystrosaurus declivis mammalian mammals mandible masticatory cycle maxilla median Moschops murrayi musculature nasal Nharo obliquus capitis occipital Olduvai orbitosphenoid ossification palatal rim palatine pareiasaurs Permian Pleistocene Pliocene posterior posteriorly premaxilla present presphenoid Pristerodon prootic pterygoid quadrate Quarry assemblage referred region represented reptiles septum shoreline skull roof snout South African Museum species specimens squamosal Struthiocephalus surface Tapinocephalus Tapinocephalus zone teeth therapsids therocephalian Titanosuchus trap tusk Varswater bed vertebrates