A non-mammaliaform cynodont from the Upper Triassic of South Africa: A therapsid Lazarus taxon?

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 42, Issue , 2007, Pages 17-23

  Abdala, Fernando ^a   Damiani, Ross ^b   Yates, Adam ^a   Neveling, Johann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diademodontidae; Karoo Basin; Lazarus taxon; Lower Elliot Formation

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAURIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 84991781021     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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