New data on the Triassic temnospondyls from the Karoo rift basins of Tanzania and Zambia

• Main Authors: Steyer, Jean-Sébastien, Peecook, Brandon R., Arbez, Thomas, Nesbitt, Sterling J., Tolan, Steve, Stocker, Michelle R., Smith, Roger M. H., Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Sidor, Christian A.
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• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Amphibia; Stereospondyli; Temnospondyli; Mastodonsauridae; Indian; Argentina; Giganteus; Barrett; Hagen; Morales; Monti; Suarez; De la Fuente; Ezcurra; Snell; Tabor; Tolan; Dypvik; Hancox; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4906292; https://zenodo.org/record/4906292

Steyer, Jean-Sébastien, Peecook, Brandon R., Arbez, Thomas, Nesbitt, Sterling J., Tolan, Steve, Stocker, Michelle R., Smith, Roger M. H., Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Sidor, Christian A. (2021): New data on the Triassic temnospondyls from the Karoo rift basins of Tanzania and Zambia. Geodiversitas 43 (12): 365-376, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4906293 : {"references": ["ATTRIDGE J., BALL H., CHARIG A. & COX C. B. 1964. - The BMNH/University of London joint palaeontological expedition to Northern Rhodesia and Tanganyika 1963. Nature 201: 445- 449. https://doi.org/10.1038/201445a0", "BARBOLINI N., BAMFORD M. K. & TOLAN S. 2016. - Permo-Triassic palynology and palaeobotany of Zambia; a review.Palaeontologia Africana 50: 18-30.", "BARRETT P. M., SCISCIO L., VIGLIETTI P. A., BRODERICK T. J., SUAREZ C. A., SHARMAN G. R., JONES A. S., MUNYIKWA D., EDWARDS S. F., CHAPELLE K. E. J., DOLLMAN K. N., ZONDO M. & CHOINIERE J. 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