A primitive anomodont therapsid from the base of the Beaufort Group (Upper Permian) of South Africa

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-139

  Rubidge, Bruce S ^b   Hopson, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anomodontia; Karoo; Patranomodon; Therapsida; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

ANOMODONTIA; CISTECEPHALUS; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 0030517913     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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