Stereospondyl Amphibians from the Elliot Formation of South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 35, 1999, Pages 45-54

  Warren, Anne ^a   Damiani, Ross ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chigutisauridae; Elliot Formation; Gondwana; Jurassic; Stereospondyli

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; BRACHYOPIDAE; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; STEREOSPONDYLI;

EID: 0033494666     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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