Cranial anatomy of the Early Triassic stereospondyl Lydekkerina huxleyi (Tetrapoda: Temnospondyli) and the taxonomy of South African lydekkerinids

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 822-838

  Jeannot, Ashleigh M ^a   Damiani, Ross ^a,b   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BROSME BROSME; INFLECTARIUS INFLECTUS; LYSTROSAURUS; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 33846086051     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[822:CAOTET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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