The Triassic reptile Procolophon in Antarctica

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2566

By

Colbert, Edwin H. 1905-2001

Kitching, James William

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1975

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 19, 1975."

"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].

Subjects

Antarctica , Paleontology , Procolophon trigoniceps , Reptiles, Fossil , Triassic

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2566, 1975

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/75309637
OCLC: 1341840