Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the Late Permian dicynodont Diictodon

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-75

  Sullivan, Corwin ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaufort; Dicynodontia; Diictodon; Intraspecific variation; Karoo; Permian; Synapsida; Therapsida

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; PERMIAN;

DICYNODONTIA; DIICTODON; DIICTODON FELICEPS; SYNAPSIDA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 21044441961     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2005)74[45:CAATOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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