First basal synapsids ("pelycosaurs") from the Upper Permian-?Lower Triassic of Uruguay, South America

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 389-392

  Piñeiro, Graciela ^a   Verde, Mariano ^a   Ubilla, Martín ^a   Ferigolo, Jorge ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b Fund Zoobotanica Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 0242417104     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000043730     Document Type: Note

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