A procolophonoid reptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Triassic of Brazil

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1547, 2004, Pages 1541-1546

  Cisneros, Juan C ^a   Damiani, Ross ^a   Schultz, Cesar ^b   Da Rosa, Átila ^c   Schwanke, Cibele ^d   Neto, Leopolde W ^c   Aurélio, Pedro L P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anapsids; Owenettid; Procolophonoid; Temporal fenestrae; Triassic

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; REPTILE; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHRONOLOGY; FENESTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REPTILE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANDELARIA; PROCOLOPHONOIDEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 3242672629     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2748     Document Type: Article

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