New basal synapsid supports Laurasian origin for therapsids

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-400

  Liu, Jun ^a   Rubidge, Bruce ^b   Li, Jinling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

China; Dashankou; Laurasia; Permian; Therapsida

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 70349521674     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0071     Document Type: Article

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