South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: Biostratigraphy and correlation

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 44, Issue , 2009, Pages 83-87

  Abdala, F ^a   Martinelli, A G ^b   Bento Soares, M ^c   De La Fuente, M ^b   Ribeiro, A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Parque Mariano Moreno s/n ^*  (Argentina)

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

^d FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA;

EID: 84991770079     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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