A giant brachyopoid temnospondyl from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of Lesotho

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-248

  Steyer, J Sébastien ^a   Damiani, Ross ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gigantism; Southern Africa; Stegocephalian; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; TRIASSIC;

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

AMPHIBIA; BRACHYOPIDAE; BROSME BROSME; MASTODONSAURIDAE;

EID: 15244350224     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/176.3.243     Document Type: Article

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