Biogeography of stereospondyl amphibians

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-231

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

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AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; MIGRATION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 0000111669     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/215/2000/201     Document Type: Article

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