First evidence of a temnospondyl in the late permian of the argana Basin, Morocco

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 81, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Sebastien Steyer J ^a   Jalil, Nour Eddine ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Africa; Migration; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeozoic; Pangaea; Temnospondyli

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953119219     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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