. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 1. The south-western Cape Province. respect that A. africanum is particularly noteworthy. It provides the best indi- cation yet that Agriotherium, like other bears, was characterized by appreciable variation in its dentition and in size, the latter evidently being due to marked sexual dimorphism. A. africanum specimens are recorded from two stratigraphic horizons in 'E' Quarry, namely beds 3aS and 3aN of the Pelletal Phosphorite Member (Hendey 1976). The bed 3
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 1. The south-western Cape Province. respect that A. africanum is particularly noteworthy. It provides the best indi- cation yet that Agriotherium, like other bears, was characterized by appreciable variation in its dentition and in size, the latter evidently being due to marked sexual dimorphism. A. africanum specimens are recorded from two stratigraphic horizons in 'E' Quarry, namely beds 3aS and 3aN of the Pelletal Phosphorite Member (Hendey 1976). The bed 3aS sample, which includes the holotype, comprises only a small part of the total assemblage. Most of the bed 3aN sample was collected in a restricted area (the fossil accumulation at Locality 5—Dingle et al. 1979, fig. 2). This material is from a river channel lag deposit, which was laid down in the lee of a phosphate rock outcrop, while the remainder of the bed 3aN sample was from lateral extensions of the lag deposit. Since this material was probably accumulated during a very restricted period, the bed 3aN. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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