A burrow cast with lystrosaurus skeletal remains from the lower triassic of South Africa

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 274-281

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Botha Brink, Jennifer ^b,c  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CARNIVORE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRIASSIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; LYSTROSAURUS; SCOYENIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77949609731     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-077r     Document Type: Article

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