Taxonomic revision and new observations on the postcranial skeleton, biogeography, and biostratigraphy of the dicynodont genus dicynodontoides, the senior subjective synonym of Kingoria (Therapsida, Anomodontia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1174-1187

  Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a   Sidor, Christian A ^b   Nesbitt, Sterling J ^c,f   Smith, Roger M H ^d   Tsuji, Linda A ^e  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

MALAWI;

ANOMODONTIA; KINGORIA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 75449118064     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0427     Document Type: Article

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