The lateral line system of Discosauriscus austriacus (Makowsky 1876) and the homologization of skull roof bones between tetrapods and fishes

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Klembara, Jozef ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Permian; Sensory grooves; Seymouriamorpha; Skull roof; Tetrapoda

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVIA;

EID: 0002187232     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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