The first record of dinocephalians in South America: Late Permian (Rio do Rasto Formation) of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-95

  Langer, Max Cardoso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

PARANA BASIN;

EID: 0001311570     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/215/2000/69     Document Type: Article

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