The Triassic reptile Procolophon in Antarctica. American Museum novitates

23 p. : ill. 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23). "A series of procolophonid fossils is described from the Lower Triassic Fremouw Formation of Antarctica. All the specimens are identified as Procolophon trigoniceps Owen, typically found in the Lystrosaurus Zone of the Beaufort...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Colbert, Edwin Harris, 1905-, Kitching, James William.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History 1975
Subjects:
QL1 .A436 no.2566
1975
Procolophon trigoniceps
Reptiles
Fossil > Antarctica
Paleontology > Triassic > Antarctica
Paleontology > Antarctica
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5455
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Summary:23 p. : ill. 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23). "A series of procolophonid fossils is described from the Lower Triassic Fremouw Formation of Antarctica. All the specimens are identified as Procolophon trigoniceps Owen, typically found in the Lystrosaurus Zone of the Beaufort Series in South Africa. The presence of this one species in Africa and Antarctica lends additional weight to previously published paleontological evidence (notably the distribution of dicynodont reptile Lystrosaurus in Gondwanaland) indicating a close ligation between the two continents at the beginning of the Mesozoic"--P. [1].

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