Karoo Tupilakosaurid: A relict from Gondwana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-160

  Warren, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Ceratobranchial; Diplospondyly; Dvinosauria; Phylogeny; South Africa; Temnospondyl; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; GONDWANA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 0032458466     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300007094     Document Type: Article

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