The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. V. The primitive temnospondyl Saharastega moradiensis

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 559-572

  Damiani, Ross ^a   Sidor, Christian A ^b   Sebastien J ^c   Smith, Roger M H ^d   Larsson, Hans C E ^e   Maga, Abdoulaye ^f   Ide, Oumarou ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FAUNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW TAXON; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; VERTEBRATE;

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

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749437712     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2006.10010015     Document Type: Article

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