The palaeoecology of the non-mammalian cynodonts Diademodon and Cynognathus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa, using stable light isotope analysis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 223, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 303-316

  Botha, Jennifer ^a,b   Lee Thorp, Julia ^a   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cynognathus; Diademodon; Enamel; Palaeoecology; Seasonality; Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

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

ALLIGATOR; ARIDA; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; CYNOGNATHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 22144489541     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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