Cranial anatomy of the giant middle triassic temnospondyl Cherninia megarhina and a review of feeding in Mastodonsaurids

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 37, 2001, Pages 41-52

  Damiani, Ross J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cherninia megarhina; Feeding; Mastodonsauridae; Temnospondyl; Triassic

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

CHERNINIA; CHERNINIA MEGARHINA; MASTODONSAURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035721006     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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