A new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the lower triassic katberg formation of South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 715-723

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Scott, Diane M ^b   Botha Brink, Jennifer ^c   Reisz, Robert R ^b,d  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; SKULL; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

PROCOLOPHONOIDEA;

EID: 77953782148     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003758003     Document Type: Article

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