The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger - II, preliminary description of a new pareiasaur

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 39, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Sidor, Christian A ^a,b   Blackburn, David C ^c   Gado, Boubé ^d  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

Moradi Formation; Niger; Parareptilia; Pareiasauria; Permian; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; PERMIAN;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BUNOSTEGOS AKOKANENSIS; PARAREPTILIA; PAREIASAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542429616     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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