A new GIS-based biozone map of the beaufort group (karoo supergroup), South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 45, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-5

  Van Der Walt, Merrill ^a   Day, Michael ^a   Rubidge, Bruce ^a   Cooper, Antony K ^b   Netterberg, Inge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c SAHA International   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Fossil tetrapods; Karoo supergroup

Indexed keywords

TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84992374808     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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