A new burnetiid (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Upper Permian of South Africa and its biogeographic implications

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-343

  Smith, Roger M H ^a   Rubidge, Bruce S ^b   Sidor, Christian A ^c  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745632108     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[331:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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