Pareiasaur phylogeny and the origin of turtles

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-280

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Cladistics; Dermal armour; Evolution; Permian; Procolophonidae; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PAREIASAURIA; REPTILIA; SCLEROSAURUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031287774     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01279.x     Document Type: Article

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