Newly discovered fish faunas from the Early Triassic, Karoo Basin, South Africa, and their correlative implications

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Bender, P A ^a   Hancox, P J ^b  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Early Triassic; Fish fauna; Karoo Basin; Scythian; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; FAUNA; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEONTOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALIA; KAROO; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; SOUTH AFRICA;

CYNOGNATHUS; PTYCHOCERATODUS PHILLIPSI;

EID: 0742270549     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70317-8     Document Type: Article

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