Taxonomic status of Thelegnathus browni broom, a procolophonid reptile from the South African triassic

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Damiani, Ross J ^b  

^a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beaufort Group; Procolophonidae (Thelegnathus); Reptilia; South Africa; Triassic

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CYNOGNATHUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038674000     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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