A brachyopid temnospondyl from the Lower Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in the Northern Karoo Basin, South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 38, 2002, Pages 57-69

  Damiani, Ross J ^a   Jeannot, Ashleigh M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brachyopidae; Cynognathus Assemblage Zone; Karoo; Temnospondyl; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

BATRACHOSUCHUS; BATRACHOSUCHUS BROWNI; BATRACHOSUCHUS CONCORDI; BATRACHOSUCHUS HENWOODI; BATRACHOSUCHUS WATSONI; BRACHYOPIDAE; CYNOGNATHUS; MASTODONSAURIDAE; TEMNOSPONDYLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041376425     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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