A new dicynodont therapsid from the lowermost Beaufort Group, Upper Permian of South Africa

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1755-1765

  Modesto, Sean P ^a,c   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a   Welman, Johann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

DICYNODONTS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CLADISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PERMIAN; SKULL; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037002495     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-091     Document Type: Review

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