A taxonomic revision of Pareiasaurian reptiles: Implications for Permian terrestrial palaeoecology

Modern Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 231-298

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction; Palaeoecology; Pareiasaurs; Permian; Reptiles; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001187282     PISSN: 00267775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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