A new galesaurid (Therapsida: Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 535-556

  Sidor, Christian A ^a   Smith, Roger M H ^b  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Balfour formation; Cynodontia; Galesauridae; Mass extinction; Permo Triassic; Phylogeny; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; NEW SPECIES; TRIASSIC;

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

CYNODONTIA; PROGALESAURUS LOOTSBERGENSIS; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 2542464133     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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