No gap in the Middle Permian record of terrestrial vertebrates

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-342

  Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORDS; PERMIAN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

GEOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; PERMIAN; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TETRAPOD;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861393137     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32669.1     Document Type: Article

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