The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-196

  Fröbisch, Jörg ^a   Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a   Sidor, Christian A ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomodontia; Antarctica; End Permian extinction; Refugium; Synapsida

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; NEW SPECIES; PANGAEA; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REFUGE; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

ANOMODONTIA; CYNOGNATHUS; LYSTROSAURUS; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 77949424512     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0626-6     Document Type: Article

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