A revision of the temnospondyl amphibians from the upper carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue , 1996, Pages 81-103

  Milner, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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