Anatomy and relationships of elliotsmithia longiceps broom, a small synapsid (eupelycosauria: Varanopseidae) from the late permian of south africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 602-611

  Reisz, Robert R ^a   Dilkes, David W ^b   Berman, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032334261     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011087     Document Type: Article

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