Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-304

  Kammerer, Christian F ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteosauria; Anteosauridae; Dinocephalia; Permian; Therapsida

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DOMINANCE; JUVENILE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; CHINA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; USSR;

DINOCEPHALIA; DINOSAURIA; THERAPSIDA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 79959916463     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.492645     Document Type: Review

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