Analysis of millerettid parareptile relationships in the light of new material of Broomia perplexa Watson, 1914, from the Permian of South Africa

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-462

  Cisneros, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a   Mason, Richard ^a   Dube, Charlton ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Middle Permian; Parareptilia; Phylogeny; Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; GONDWANA; ONTOGENY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

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

DICYNODON; EUNOTOSAURUS; EUNOTOSAURUS AFRICANUS; MILLERETTA RUBIDGEI; MILLERETTIDAE; PARAREPTILIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS;

EID: 55949124218     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147720190800254X     Document Type: Article

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