A new cynodont record from the tropidostoma assemblage zone of the beaufort group: Implications for the early evolution of cynodonts in South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 43, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-6

  Botha Brink, J ^a,b   Abdala, F ^c  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cynodontia; Late permian; Procynosuchus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CYNODONTIA;

EID: 84992358037     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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