Dicynodont postcrania from the Triassic of Namibia and their implication for the systematics of Kannemeyeriiforme dicynodonts

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 44, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-57

  Govender, Romala ^a   Yates, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dolichuranus; dicynodont; Namibia; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CRANIA; KANNEMEYERIA; SIMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 84991819387     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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