A re-assessment of parotosuchus africanus (BROOM), A capitosauroid temnospondyl amphibian from the triassic of South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Morales, Michael ^a   Shishkin, Michael A ^b  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

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

AMPHIBIA; CYNOGNATHUS; PAROTOSUCHUS;

EID: 23044533576     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0001:ARAOPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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