The tetrapod fauna of the Upper Elliot and Clarens formations in the main Karoo Basin (South Africa and Lesotho)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-91

  Knoll, Fabien ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Biostratigraphy; Early Jurassic; Ichnology; Southern Africa; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HETTANGIAN; JURASSIC;

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

EID: 15244341770     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/176.1.81     Document Type: Review

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