The Late Triassic Dockum vertebrates: their stratigraphic and paleobiogeographic significance.

An attempt is made to clear up the nomenclatorial confusion of the Dockum units and to evaluate their vertebrate fauna for zonation and correlation of Late Triassic continental formations. The recognition of Gondwana elements, such as fabrosaurs and ictidosaurs, in the Dockum fauna may have significant paleobiogeographic implication for determining the extent of the connection between Laurasia and Gondwana during the Late Triassic. -Author