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Anatomical and landmark morphometric analysis of fossil phocid seal remains from Langebaanweg, West Coast of South Africa

Romala Govender Natural History, Iziko South African Museum, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa; Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anusuya Chinsamy Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa
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Rebecca Rogers Ackermann Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa
Pages 135-149 | Received 18 Jun 2012, Accepted 22 Aug 2012, Published online: 07 Dec 2012

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R. Govender. (2021) Early Pliocene fossil cetaceans from Hondeklip Bay, Namaqualand, South Africa. Historical Biology 33:4, pages 574-593.
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Alberto Valenciano & Romala Govender. (2020) New Fossils of Mellivora Benfieldi (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg, ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa, Early Pliocene): Re-Evaluation of the African Neogene Mellivorines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40:4.
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Sulman Rahmat, Fernando Muñiz, Antonio Toscano, Raúl Esperante & Irina Koretsky. (2020) First European record of Homiphoca (Phocidae: Monachinae: Lobodontini) and its bearing on the paleobiogeography of the genus. Historical Biology 32:4, pages 561-569.
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Romala Govender. (2018) Extension of the geographic range of Homiphoca into Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with comments on the possible feeding strategies used by Homiphoca . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38:3.
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Romala Govender, Michelangelo Bisconti & Anusuya Chinsamy. (2016) A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 40:4, pages 542-555.
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Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Carolina S. Gutstein, Mario E. Suárez, Rodrigo Otero & Nicholas D. Pyenson. (2015) Elephant seal (Mirounga sp.) from the Pleistocene of the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35:3.
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Romala Govender. (2015) Preliminary phylogenetics and biogeographic history of the Pliocene seal, Homiphoca capensis from Langebaanweg, South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 70:1, pages 25-39.
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Myra Beth Doughty, Ryan T. Tucker, Romala Govender & Graham Avery. (2023) The contribution of abiotic markers in interpreting the taphonomic weathering of Homiphoca long-bones from Langebaanweg, South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 206, pages 105022.
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Romala Govender & Felix G. Marx. (2023) New cetacean fossils from the late Cenozoic of South Africa. Frontiers in Earth Science 10.
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James P. Rule, Justin W. Adams, Douglass S. Rovinsky, David P. Hocking, Alistair R. Evans & Erich M. G. Fitzgerald. (2020) A new large-bodied Pliocene seal with unusual cutting teeth. Royal Society Open Science 7:11, pages 201591.
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Alberto Valenciano & Romala Govender. (2020) New insights into the giant mustelids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg fossil site (West Coast Fossil Park, South Africa, early Pliocene). PeerJ 8, pages e9221.
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Ana Valenzuela-Toro & Nicholas D. Pyenson. (2019) What do we know about the fossil record of pinnipeds? A historiographical investigation. Royal Society Open Science 6:11, pages 191394.
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Leonard Dewaele, Carlos Mauricio Peredo, Pjotr Meyvisch & Stephen Louwye. (2018) Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species. Royal Society Open Science 5:3, pages 172437.
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Leonard Dewaele, Eli Amson, Olivier Lambert & Stephen Louwye. (2017) Reappraisal of the extinct seal “ Phoca ” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion . PeerJ 5, pages e3316.
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Leonard Dewaele, Olivier Lambert & Stephen Louwye. (2017) On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications . PeerJ 5, pages e3024.
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Ana M. Valenzuela‐Toro, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Carolina S. Gutstein & Mario E. Suárez. (2015) A new dwarf seal from the late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 2:1, pages 101-115.
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Romala Govender. (2015) Shark–Cetacean trophic interaction, Duinefontein, Koeberg, (5 Ma), South Africa. South African Journal of Science 111:11/12, pages 7.
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Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich & Kit M. Kovacs. 2015. Marine Mammals. Marine Mammals 35 61 .

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