The last "pelycosaur": A varanopid synapsid from the Pristerognathus Assemblage Zone, Middle Permian of South Africa

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1027-1034

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Smith, Roger M H ^b   Campione, Nicolás E ^c   Reisz, Robert R ^c  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Paleobiogeography; Paleozoic tetrapods; South Africa; Synapsida; Varanopidae

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; SKULL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TETRAPOD; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; REPTILE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; REPTILES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 83555173595     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0856-2     Document Type: Article

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