The first complete vertebral column of a basal tapinocephalid dinocephalian (Synapsida: Therapsida)

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 391-392

  Govender, Romala ^a   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a   Renaut, Alain J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; TETRAPOD; VERTEBRATE;

DINOCEPHALIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SYNAPSIDA; TAPINOCEPHALIDAE; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036629694     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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