New material of Menadon besairiei (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-462

  Kammerer, Christian F ^a,b   Flynn, John J ^c   Ranivoharimanana, Lovasoa ^d   Wyss, Andrié R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CRANIUM; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CYNODONTIA;

EID: 47349099227     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[445:NMOMBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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