[HTML][HTML] The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus

J Botha - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Lystrosaurus was one of the few tetrapods to survive the end-Permian mass extinction
(EPME), the most catastrophic biotic crisis in Phanerozoic history. The significant increased …

14 Cranial Variability, Ontogeny, and Taxonomy of Lystrosaurus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa

JA Georgi - Amniote paleobiology: Perspectives on the evolution …, 2006 - books.google.com
The herbivorous dicynodonts comprise a widespread and diverse therapsid radiation that
flourished in the Permian and persisted into the Triassic. The taxonomic diversity of this …

Lystrosaurus species composition across the Permo–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa

J Botha, RMH Smith - Lethaia, 2007 - idunn.no
Lystrosaurus is one of the few therapsid genera that survived the end‐Permian mass
extinction, and the only genus to have done so in abundance. This study identifies which …

Burrowing in Lystrosaurus: preadaptation to a postextinction environment?

J Botha-Brink - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Lystrosaurus is iconic for surviving the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction and becoming the
most abundant terrestrial vertebrate during the Early Triassic. Previous reports of skeletal …

LYSTROSAURUS MURRAYI (THERAPSIDA, DICYNODONTIA): BONE HISTOLOGY, GROWTH AND LIFESTYLE ADAPTATIONS

S Ray, A Chinsamy, S Bandyopadhyay - Palaeontology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Examination of the bone microstructure of Lystrosaurus murrayi from India and South Africa
reveals a predominance of fibrolamellar bone tissue, which suggests rapid periosteal …

Morphometric analysis of South African dicynodonts attributed to Lystrosaurus murrayi (Huxley, 1859) and L. declivis (Owen, 1860): probabilities of conspecificity

L Thackeray, JF,* Durand, JF** & Meyer - Annals of the Transvaal …, 1998 - journals.co.za
Lystrosaurus is a therapsid genus that is well represented in early Triassic deposits of the
South African Karoo. In this morphometric study of craniodental dimensions of various …

Origin and palaeoenvironmental significance of Lystrosaurus bonebeds in the earliest Triassic Karoo Basin, South Africa

PA Viglietti, RMH Smith, JS Compton - Palaeogeography …, 2013 - Elsevier
Earth experienced its most devastating extinction event at the end of the Permian period 251
million years ago (Ma). Despite an estimated 75 to 90% loss of species globally in both …

Lystrosaurus (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from India: Taxonomy, relative growth and Cranial dimorphism

S Ray - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple skulls of the dicynodont Lystrosaurus from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation,
India, including those assigned to L. murrayi, L. platyceps, L. maccaigi and L. rajurkari, were …

A BURROW CAST WITH LYSTROSAURUS SKELETAL REMAINS FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

SP Modesto, J Botha-Brink - Palaios, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We report on a large burrow cast with skeletal contents from Lower Triassic strata of the
Palingkloof Member of the Balfour Formation, which forms the lowermost portion of the …

Biostratigraphy of the Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

J Botha, RMH Smith - South African Journal of Geology …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The earliest Triassic (Induan) Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone has long been
recognised as a particularly significant biozone in palaeoecological and …