The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the Edopoid Colonization of Gondwana

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-28

  Steyer, J Sébastien ^a   Damiani, Ross ^b   Sidor, Christian A ^c   O'Keefe, F Robin ^c   Larsson, Hans C E ^d   Maga, Abdoulaye ^e   Ide, Oumarou ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COLONIZATION; FAUNA; GONDWANA; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; VERTEBRATE;

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

ALLIGATOR; TEMNOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646402932     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[18:TVFOTU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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