The Late Permian pareiasaurs (Amniota, Parareptilia) from the Argana Basin, Morocco;Les pareiasaures (Amniota, Parareptilia) du Permien supérieur du Bassin d'Argana, Maroc

Geodiversitas

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-132

  Jalil, Nour Eddine ^a   Janvier, Philippe ^b,c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biostratigraphy; Morocco; New genus; New species; Parareptilia; Pareiasauria; Permian; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; MIRABILIS; PARAREPTILIA; PAREIASAURIA; SAUROPSIDA; TURCICA;

EID: 17744366792     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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