Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America.
We have now positively identified a number of specimens of the formerly exclusively South American Stereosternum tumidum in the Great Karoo Basin of South Africa, and an osteological study has shown Mesosaurus tenuidens and M. braziliensis to be conspecific. The occurrence of the same mesosaurid spe...
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ftunstellenbosch:oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/9746 2023-11-12T04:08:38+01:00 Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America. Oelofsen B.W. Araujo D.C. 1987 http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/9746 unknown South African Journal of Science 83 6 382353 http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/9746 Brazil Gondwana Pareiasaurus Procolophon 1987 ftunstellenbosch 2023-10-22T07:31:11Z We have now positively identified a number of specimens of the formerly exclusively South American Stereosternum tumidum in the Great Karoo Basin of South Africa, and an osteological study has shown Mesosaurus tenuidens and M. braziliensis to be conspecific. The occurrence of the same mesosaurid species in the Southern African and South American Gondwana is of importance for 2 reasons: it constitutes the earliest record of a shared reptile species on different Gondwana continents, and it is the first record of a reptile species shared by Southern Africa and South America. Even the widespread genus Lystrosaurus, known from South Africa, Antarctica, India and China, has not yet been discovered in South America in spite of the recent discovery of other, only slightly older African genera such as Pareiasaurus and Procolophon in Brazil.-from Authors Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica Stellenbosch University: SUNScholar Research Repository |
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We have now positively identified a number of specimens of the formerly exclusively South American Stereosternum tumidum in the Great Karoo Basin of South Africa, and an osteological study has shown Mesosaurus tenuidens and M. braziliensis to be conspecific. The occurrence of the same mesosaurid species in the Southern African and South American Gondwana is of importance for 2 reasons: it constitutes the earliest record of a shared reptile species on different Gondwana continents, and it is the first record of a reptile species shared by Southern Africa and South America. Even the widespread genus Lystrosaurus, known from South Africa, Antarctica, India and China, has not yet been discovered in South America in spite of the recent discovery of other, only slightly older African genera such as Pareiasaurus and Procolophon in Brazil.-from Authors |
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Oelofsen B.W. Araujo D.C. |
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Oelofsen B.W. Araujo D.C. |
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Oelofsen B.W. |
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Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America. |
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Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America. |
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Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America. |
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Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America. |
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Mesosaurus tenuidens and Stereosternum tumidum from the Permian Gondwana of both Southern Africa and South America. |
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mesosaurus tenuidens and stereosternum tumidum from the permian gondwana of both southern africa and south america. |
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