The Early Triassic rhynchosaur Mesosuchus browni and the interrelationships of basal archosauromorph reptiles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1368, 1998, Pages 501-541

  Dilkes, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fossil; Gondwana; Phylogeny; Reptile; South Africa, diapsid

Indexed keywords

RHYNCHOSAUR; TRIASSIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MESOSUCHUS BROWNI;

EID: 0032577053     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0225     Document Type: Article

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