Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates. Part 2: A new skull-reconstruction of Stahleckeria potens von Huene, 1935 (Dicynodontia, Middle Triassic) and a reconsideration of kannemeyeriiform phylgeny

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-152

  Maisch, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; GONDWANA; LADINIAN; MAMMAL; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL;

BRAZIL;

ANGONISAURUS; DICYNODONTIA; KANNEMEYERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038430990     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/220/2001/127     Document Type: Article

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