Redescription, phylogenetic position, and stratigraphic significance of the dicynodont genus Odontocyclops (Synapsida: Anomodontia)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1047-1059

  Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ANOMODONTIA; DICYNODON; KANNEMEYERIA; ODONTOCYCLOPS; ODONTOCYCLOPS WHAITSI; OUDENODON; RHACHIOCEPHALUS; SYNAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036851575     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000057863     Document Type: Article

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