Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1584-1588

  Cisneros, Juan Carlos ^a   Abdala, Fernando ^b   Atayman Güven, Saniye ^b   Rubidge, Bruce S ^b   Şengör, A M Celâl ^c   Schultz, Cesar L ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Migration; Paleogeography; Paleozoic; Therapsida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARNIVORE; CHINA; CLADISTICS; DINOCEPHALIA; EASTERN EUROPE; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUADALUPIAN; KAZAKHSTAN; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

DINOCEPHALIA; EUPELYCOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857133870     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115975109     Document Type: Article

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