Therapsids from the permian chiweta beds and the age of the Karoo Supergroup in Malawi

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Winkler, Dale A ^a   Newman, Kent D ^a   Gomani, Elizabeth M ^b   Deino, Alan ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Antiquities ^*  (Malawi)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar39Ar geochronology; Burnetiamorph; Karoo; Malawi; Permian; Therapsid

Indexed keywords

CISTECEPHALUS; COXIELLA; OUDENODON; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 27544500227     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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