. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LATE GENOZOIG CARNIVORA OF SOUTH-WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE 289 CO 2. "~~fk T \ Wr* **? ?-'' 'A 1 £y * ?^^ ' v- _ 7[ 61 si llo 11 12 13 lU 115 H6 lb 118 ll9 2 0 2 1 2!2 213. 8l 9l llo 111 ll2 lb H4 115 H6 ll7 t Is 119 210 211 2|2 213 214 Fig. 68. Buccal and occlusal views of the Crocuta crocuta mandible (15833) from Elandsfontein. Little can be added to the published description of the Crocuta from this site, although some of the incisors, the canines and the cheekteeth, with the exception of M1, are
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LATE GENOZOIG CARNIVORA OF SOUTH-WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE 289 CO 2. "~~fk T \ Wr* **? ?-'' 'A 1 £y * ?^^ ' v- _ 7[ 61 si llo 11 12 13 lU 115 H6 lb 118 ll9 2 0 2 1 2!2 213. 8l 9l llo 111 ll2 lb H4 115 H6 ll7 t Is 119 210 211 2|2 213 214 Fig. 68. Buccal and occlusal views of the Crocuta crocuta mandible (15833) from Elandsfontein. Little can be added to the published description of the Crocuta from this site, although some of the incisors, the canines and the cheekteeth, with the exception of M1, are now represented by complete specimens. None of the teeth differ from those of modern C. crocuta and, as in the modern form, the M1 is small and only sometimes present. In 15833 the M1 alveolus is preserved in the right maxillary fragment, but it is absent on the left side. The preserved teeth of 15833 and the isolated P3 from Sea Harvest (S 203) are similar in size to the moderns (Tables 69, 70), although S 203 and the P2 of 15833 are slightly longer than those of the available comparative specimens. They resemble the premolars of EC 5 and EC 9 in this respect. Most of these teeth are, however, within the size range of variation observed in a large series of East African C. crocuta (Kurten 1956). Since the southern African variety of C. crocuta is apparently a little larger than that from East Africa, it is probable. 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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