The permian dicynodont colobodectes cluveri (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with notes on its ontogeny and stratigraphic range in the karoo basin, South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1162-1173

  Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a,b   Rubidge, Bruce S ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; RECONSTRUCTION;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANOMODONTIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 75449117280     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0431     Document Type: Article

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