Rhytidosteid temnospondyls in Gondwana: A new taxon from the Lower Triassic of Brazil

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-390

  Dias Da Silva, Sérgio ^a,b   Marsicano, Claudia ^c   Schultz, Cesar Leandro ^d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Brazil; EarlyTriassic; Gondwana; Palaeobiogeography; Rhytidosteidae; Temnospondyli

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745946508     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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