The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger—III, morphology and ontogeny of the hindlimb of Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Captorhinidae)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-319

  O’Keefe, F Robin ^a   Sidor, Christian A ^a   Maga, Abdoulaye ^c   Ide, Oumarou ^c  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; REPTILE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

CAPTORHINIDAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23044489707     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0309:TVFOTU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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