Two new Gorgonopsian skulls [PDF]
Main articleTwo complete and well-preserved skulls are described. One is referred to the species Gorgonops torvus Owen. It gives information on several details that are not clear in the type specimen.
Manten, A. A.
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Main articleDescriptions of this genus and species, the type of an infraorder, have thus far been based on three individuals. The type in the South African Museum, Cape Town is a complete skull, but somewhat unsatisfactorily preserved and cleaned.
Brink, A. S.
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Towards new paradigms in Permo-Triassic Karoo palaeobotany (and associated faunas) through the past 50 years [PDF]
Main articleAdvances through the past 50 years (1945 to 1995) have shown, indisputably, that the Permo-Triassic Karoo flora (with associated insect faunas) is as important globally as is the famous tetrapod fauna. We justify this in regard to the three
Anderson, Heidi Marguerite +1 more
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Two Cynodonts from the Ntawere formation in the Luangwa valley of Northern Rhodesia [PDF]
NoneTwo Cynodonts, Diademodon rhodesiensis sp. nov. and Luangwa drysdalli gen. et sp. nov., are described in this paper. In structure both forms indicate that the Ntawere Formation in the upper Luangwa valley of Northern Rhodesia from which they were ...
Brink, A. S.
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Review of Permian-Triassic Tetrapods from the Ruhuhu basin [PDF]
Institute of Geology and PaleontologyÚstav geologie a paleontologiePřírodovědecká fakultaFaculty of ...
Shchutska, Anna
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REVISION DU GENREPROTOCYNODON BROOM 1949 ET DISCUSSION DE SA POSITION TAXONOMIQUE [PDF]
On revision of Protocynodon pricei Broom 1949, it is concluded that this genus is to be placed amongst the Cynodontia Procynosuchidae. This study completes that undertaken by Broom (1949); it has also enabled us to observe the tooth replacement and,
Mendrez, Christiane Helene
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Form, Function and Evolution of the hypercarnivorous Gorgonopsia (Therapsida, Synapsida)
Die Gorgonopsia waren eine rätselhafte Gruppe fleischfressender Tetrapoden mit stark verlängerten Eckzähnen, die im mittleren und späten Perm lebten und am Ende dieser Epoche ausstarben. Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu ihrer Anatomie, Ökologie und Evolution sind weiterhin unvollständig.
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Cranial morphology of a primitive dinocephalian from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zimbabwe [PDF]
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.Dinocephalians form an important part of the Upper Permian therapsid faunas of South ...
Munyikwa, Darlington
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Relative growth and morphological variation in the skull of Aelurognathus (therapsida: gorgonopsia) [PDF]
Gorgonopsia represent a group of specialised carnivorous therapsids that filled the role of apex predator during the Late Permian of Gondwana. Skull size in the Gorgonopsia ranges from that of a cat, to larger than any extant, terrestrial predator ...
Norton, Luke Allan
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Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine. [PDF]
A unique characteristic of mammals is a vertebral column with anatomically distinct regions, but when and how this trait evolved remains unknown. We reconstructed vertebral regions and their morphological disparity in the extinct forerunners of mammals ...
Angielczyk, KD +7 more
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