A new Burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Lower Beaufort Group of South Africa

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-210

  Rubidge, Bruce S ^a   Kitching, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bullacephalus; Burnetiamorpha; Karoo supergroup; Therapsida; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY;

LAINGSBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

BIARMOSUCHIA; BULLACEPHALUS; BURNETIA; BURNETIAMORPHA; COXIELLA; DICYNODON; MAMMALIA; PROBURNETIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037274447     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00294     Document Type: Article

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