New reptile material from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: Implications for the Permian-Triassic extinction event

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Ketchum, Hilary F ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOLOGY; WATER;

FAUNAS; REPTILES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

FOSSIL; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REPTILE; SURVIVAL; TRIASSIC;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 1842661736     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-084     Document Type: Article

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