A new basal dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 211-223

  Modesto, Sean ^a   Rubidge, Bruce ^b   Visser, Ian ^b   Welman, Johann ^c  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dicynodonts; Permian; Phylogeny; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COLOBODECTES CLUVERI; DICYNODONTIA; EODICYNODON; EODICYNODON OELOFSENI; EODICYNODON OOSTHUIZENI; MAMMALIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037279473     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00295     Document Type: Article

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