Has the utility of Dicynodon for Late Permian terrestrial biostratigraphy been overstated?

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-366

  Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a   Kurkin, Andrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Biostratigraphy; Dicynodontia; Karoo Basin; Permian; Russia; South Africa; Therapsida

Indexed keywords

TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PHYLOGENETICS; TYPE SPECIMEN;

EID: 0038332180     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0363:HTUODF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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