Cranial anatomy of the Permian temnospondyl amphibian Zatrachys serratus COPE 1878, and the phylogenetic position of the Zatrachydidae

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-248

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CRANIUM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PERMIAN; SKELETON;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; DISSOROPHOIDEA;

EID: 0000961659     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/206/1997/223     Document Type: Article

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