Life after extinction: palaeoenvironments of the earliest Triassic lower Katberg formation, including the origin of Lystrosaurus Bonebeds from the Karoo Basin, South Africa

Viglietti, Pia A

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Life after extinction: palaeoenvironments of the earliest Triassic lower Katberg formation, including the origin of Lystrosaurus Bonebeds from the Karoo Basin, South Africa

dc:creator Viglietti, Pia A

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This study argues for the formation of bonebeds by aggregation of sub-adult Lystrosaurus during extended episodic periods of extreme climatic conditions, such as cold or drought, in the earliest Triassic Karoo Basin.

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Grantor dc:publisher.institution: Department of Geological Sciences
Year dc:date.issued: 2012

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Author dc:creator: Viglietti, Pia A
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor: Smith, Roger
Compton, John

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Handle dc:identifier.uri: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11173
OAI identifier oai:identifier: oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11173

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Viglietti, Pia A. Life after extinction: palaeoenvironments of the earliest Triassic lower Katberg formation, including the origin of Lystrosaurus Bonebeds from the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Department of Geological Sciences, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11173

Life after extinction: palaeoenvironments of the earliest Triassic lower Katberg formation, including the origin of Lystrosaurus Bonebeds from the Karoo Basin, South Africa

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