- only
known from the
fossil record.
After the discovery, the name of the
Chalumna River became part of the
scientific name of the species,
Latimeria chalumnae...
-
Latimeria chalumnae which means "Latimeria of
Chalumna", is a
reference to the area near the
mouth of the
Chalumna River in the
Indian Ocean,
where the coelacanth...
- may be
related to a place, as with
Latimeria chalumnae,
meaning "of the
Chalumna River".
Another use of
genitive nouns is in, for example, the name of the...
-
Latimeria specimen was
found off the east
coast of
South Africa, off the
Chalumna River (now Tyolomnqa).
Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer discovered...
- to the
harbour at East London,
South Africa,
after a
trawl between the
Chalumna and
Ncera Rivers. As he
frequently did, he
telephoned his friend, Marjorie...
-
Cretaceous Period. In 1938, however, a
living specimen was
found off the
Chalumna River (now Tyolomnqa) on the east
coast of
South Africa.
Calliostoma bullatum...
- KwaZulu-Natal
Cedarville KwaZulu-Natal
Centurion Gauteng Ceres Western Cape
Chalumna Eastern Cape
Chantelle Gauteng Charl Cilliers Mpumalanga Charlestown KwaZulu-Natal...
- coelacanth, a
prehistoric fish,
thought to be extinct,
discovered live at the
Chalumna River mouth near East
London by
fishermen in 1938, and
numerous memorial...
- / 30.51667°S 26.09611°E / -30.51667; 26.09611 (Caledon
River mouth)
Chalumna River (or
Tyolomnqa River) R4
Eastern Cape
Crocodile River X3 Mpumalanga...
-
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
living off the
coast of
South Africa at the
Chalumna River.
World War II
breaks out.
Against the
wishes of
Prime Minister J...
