Fossil fishes of the Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus assemblage zones, Beaufort Group, South Africa: Correlative implications

Bulletin of the Council for Geoscience

Volumn , Issue 136, 2003, Pages 1-27

  Bender, P A ^a   Hancox, P J ^a  

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BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1842685734     PISSN: 03703371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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