A new parareptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Permian of South Africa

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-20

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Scott, Diane M ^b   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MATRICES; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GONDWANA; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; TOPOLOGY;

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

MESOSAURIDAE; PARAREPTILIA; PROCOLOPHONOMORPHA; REPTILIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS;

EID: 65349142040     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-001     Document Type: Article

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