Taxonomic status of the reptile genus Procolophon from the Gondwanan Triassic

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 43, Issue , 2008, Pages 7-17

  Cisneros, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Gondwana; Procolophon; Procolophonidae; Temporal fenestrae; Triassic

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA;

EID: 84992341718     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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