Limb ossification patterns of the ichthyosaur Stenopterygius, and a discussion of the proximal tarsal row of ichthyosaurs and other neodiapsid reptiles

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-25

  Caldwell, Michael W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ichthyosauria; Neodiapsida; Ontogeny; Ossification; Paedomorphosis

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; STENOPTERYGIUS;

EID: 0031505223     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01270.x     Document Type: Article

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