Synapsid Diversity and the Rock Record in the Permian-Triassic Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400768406, 2014, Pages 305-319

  Fröbisch, Jörg ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

End Permian extinction; Karoo Basin; Sampling bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045143707     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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