Temnospondyls from the Beaufort group (Karoo Basin) of South Africa and their biostratigraphy

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-173

  Damiani, Ross J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beaufort Group; Karoo; South Africa; Stereospondyls; Temnospondyls

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

TEMNOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0742319419     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70315-4     Document Type: Article

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