Nycteroleter affinities of a Permian parareptile from the South African Karoo Basin

• Autorzy: Cisneros J C , Tsuji L.A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone in South Africa has produced a rich record of tetrapods dominated by dinocephalian therapsids and pareiasaurid parareptiles. In this study we reassess the affinities of a specimen from this horizon previously identified as a procolophonoid and provide evidence that it is instead referable to a nycteroleter parareptile, an identification that is more compatible with the age of this fossil. Accordingly, this specimen represents the first record of a nycteroleter in Gondwana.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Karoo Basin; paleontology; Permian; parareptile; Tapinocephalus; South Africa; Middle Permian

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 54
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.165-169,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Cisneros J C

• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [CNPq], Porto Alegre, CP 15001, 91501-970, Brazil

autor

Tsuji L.A.

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