Cynodonts from the Uppermost Burgersdorp Formation, South Africa, and their bearing on the biostratigraphy and correlation of the Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 192-199

  Abdala, Fernando ^a   Hancox, P John ^a   Neveling, Johann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL; GONDWANA; REPTILE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC;

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

CYNODONTIA; CYNOGNATHUS; METABOLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 15944406840     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0192:CFTUBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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