Morphology and systematic position of the dinocephalian Styracocephalus platyrhynchus

Lethaia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-168

  Rubidge, Bruce S ^a   Van Den Heever, Juri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dinocephalia; Styracocephalus; Therapsida

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; THERAPSIDA;

DINOCEPHALIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; STYRACOCEPHALUS PLATYRHYNCHUS; SYSTEMATICS; THERAPSID;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031464129     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00457.x     Document Type: Article

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