Anatomy and relationships of the pareiasaur Pareiasuchus nasicornis from the upper Permian of Zambia

Palaeontology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-335

  Lee, M S Y ^a   Gow, C E ^b   Kitching, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PAREIASAUR; PAREIASUCHUS; PERMIAN; REPTILE;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031449951     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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