A new burnetiamorph therapsid from the Teekloof Formation, Permian, of South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 938-950

  Sidor, Christian A ^a   Hopson, James A ^b   Keyser, André W ^c  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; PERMIAN; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

THERAPSIDA; VICTORIA;

EID: 11144335938     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0938:ANBTFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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