Evidence of a therapsid scavenger in the Late Permian Karoo Basin, South Africa

Dicynodonts are an extinct group of herbivorous non-mammalian therapsids (‘mammal-like’ reptiles) that are widely known from terrestrial Permo-Triassic strata throughout Pangaea. Dicynodont fossil remains are common within the Late Permian Beaufort Group of the Karoo Basin in South Africa. A large,...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Fordyce, Roger Smith, Anusuya Chinsamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2012-10-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:http://archive.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/1158