The cranial morphology and taxonomy of the saurerpetontid Isodectes obtusus comb. nov. (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Lower Permian of Texas

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 237-259

  Sequeira, Sandra E K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 0031603391     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02531.x     Document Type: Article

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