A new pylaecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, Middle Permian of South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1396-1409

  Angielczyk, Kenneth D ^a,b   Rubidge, Bruce S ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BODY SHAPE; DENTITION; ECOZONE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANOMODONTIA; DIICTODON; DIICTODON FELICEPS; PRISTERODON; ROBERTIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 77957792663     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501447     Document Type: Article

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