A second varanopseid skull from the Upper Permian of South Africa: Implications for late Permian 'pelycosaur' evolution

Lethaia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-259

  Modesto, Sean ^a   Sidor, Christian A ^a   Rubidge, Brice S ^a   Welman, Johann ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleobiogeography; Pelycosaurs; Permian; Phylogeny; Varanopseids

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; GONDWANA; NEW TAXON; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EUPELYCOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035196388     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2001.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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