. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ' ' : : i i I : i;!-! - ! lb 114 115 116 ll7 118 l|9 210 lb 114 115 116 1|7 118 119 2l( Fig. 23. L 20508. 1st phalanx in dorsal view (above) and outer view (below). 3rd phalanx in dorsal view (above) and outer view (below). their length towards the lateral edge of the shaft (a, Fig. 21), and their proximal termini are a little off-centre. The metatarsal III elements are thus a more prominent part of the anterior surfaces than the metatarsal IV elements. Tragela- phines, but not the nilgai, also exhib
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ' ' : : i i I : i;!-! - ! lb 114 115 116 ll7 118 l|9 210 lb 114 115 116 1|7 118 119 2l( Fig. 23. L 20508. 1st phalanx in dorsal view (above) and outer view (below). 3rd phalanx in dorsal view (above) and outer view (below). their length towards the lateral edge of the shaft (a, Fig. 21), and their proximal termini are a little off-centre. The metatarsal III elements are thus a more prominent part of the anterior surfaces than the metatarsal IV elements. Tragela- phines, but not the nilgai, also exhibit these characteristics and, although they might be quite pronounced in the eland, the asymmetry is apparently never as extreme as in the M. acrae specimens. The secondary (posterior) naviculo- cuboid facets of the proximal surface are transversely elongated (b, Fig. 22) as in the tragelaphines and nilgai, and the posterior part of the articular surface is consequently broader than in alcelaphines and other cursorial bovids (see Gentry 1970: 280). The posteriorly situated facet for articulation with the vesti- gial metatarsal is more prominent than usual in tragelaphines but less so than in alcelaphines, and thus resembles the nilgai. As in the metacarpal, the posterior hollows above the distal condyles are deep. The first and third phalanges of M. acrae (L 20508, L 14081) are more stoutly proportioned than those of the greater kudu but are not as heavily built as in the eland. Measurements of the Langebaanweg limb bones are given in Table 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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