Volume 08 August 1963
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Item Notes on some fossil pockets and bone beds in the Cynognathus- zone in the Burghersdorp and Lady Frere districts(Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, 1963-08-01) Kitching, J. W.Most palaeontological field workers are familiar with the blue to green shales and maroon to red mudstones, as well as the fine-grained greenish-blue sandstones, of the Cynognathus-zone, all these colours contributing to its general patchy appearance. Heights within the zone can unfortunately not be determined reliably with the assistance of particular colour sequences, but a conspicuous and persistent sandstone horizon marks the middle level of the zone. Our knowledge of the manner in which fossils occur both above and below this horizon is not satisfactory.Item A fossil Orycteropus from the Limeworks quarry, Makapansgat, Potgietersrus(Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, 1963-08-01) Kitching, J. W.The family Orycteropodidae (Grey 1821) comprises the antbears of the Old World and is known from fossil evidence to have existed in Europe, Asia and Madagascar, but the living species, confined to one single genus, now occur only on the continent of Africa..