Giant temnospondyl amphibians from the early to middle triassic narrabeen group of the sydney basin, New South Wales, Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-109

  Damiani, Ross J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulgo sandstone; Bulgosuchus gargantua; Capitosauridae; Narrabeen group; Post glenoid area (PGA); Terrigal formation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALIA;

BULGOSUCHUS GARGANTUA; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 0032788743     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519908619324     Document Type: Article

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