Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . enedhistogram. The Verlorevlei Tellina has a size-peak at 64-66 mm, and theChurchhaven specimens at 56-60 mm. While the narrower size range of theVerlorevlei material (50-86 mm) suggests a transported death assemblage, thegreater range of the Churchhaven material (16-74 mm; more juveniles) suggestsan indigenous death assemblage. That this argument can be misleading is shownby their articulation ratios of 1,46 and 0,47 respectively. At both of theselocalities T. madagascariensis is associated with comminuted shells and di
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . enedhistogram. The Verlorevlei Tellina has a size-peak at 64-66 mm, and theChurchhaven specimens at 56-60 mm. While the narrower size range of theVerlorevlei material (50-86 mm) suggests a transported death assemblage, thegreater range of the Churchhaven material (16-74 mm; more juveniles) suggestsan indigenous death assemblage. That this argument can be misleading is shownby their articulation ratios of 1,46 and 0,47 respectively. At both of theselocalities T. madagascariensis is associated with comminuted shells and dis-articulated valves of other species. T. madagascariensis at Verlorevlei wasobserved in a nearly horizontal attitude as were the other bivalves. But whereas THERMALLY ANOMALOUS LATE PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSCS 27 ,21 A 10- 8- No6 Venerupis senegalensis VekJdrif 19) i- N=50 pi LV t- r^ ^1. 2- n mrnf S 10 U 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50Width (mm) 8No 4 Tellina madagascanensisVerlorevlei (3) py N=55 l~l Art rat 1=55 ri 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 8618-116- E n Gastrana matadoa. 7 9 11 13 15 17 22i2018- I Oosinia lupinusChurchhaven (21) N=100 RV Art rat. 0,13 1614- r 12-No10 8 6- 4- 2 -n 1 I 18 2 2 26 3 0 34 38 42 16j 141210 B Dosinia lupinusVerlorevlei (1) RVArt. rat 8 N=52 h Na6. 1, 4- 1 2- r^ f 12 > 10 D 14 18 22 Width ( 26 30 34 38 mm) 10-8 No6 Dosinia lupinusVerlorevlei (31 «— RV—| Art rat N=80 4- 2 jj ^ln 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 RV Art rat <Q05
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