The enigmatic diapsid Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui (Reptilia: Neodiapsida) from the Upper Permian of Madagascar and the paraphyly of "younginiform" reptiles

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 651-661

  Bickelmann, Constanze ^a   Müller, Johannes ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MATRICES; MADAGASCAR; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC AGE; UPPER PERMIAN;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 70349829824     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-038     Document Type: Article

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