The tarsus of erythrosuchid archosaurs, and implications for early diapsid phylogeny

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-375

  Gower, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archosauromorpha; Characters; Erythrosuchidae; Homology; Morphology; Pes; Synapomorphy

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; ERYTHROSUCHIDAE; ERYTHROSUCHUS; ERYTHROSUCHUS AFRICANUS;

EID: 0030528878     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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