Postcranial stem tetrapod remains from the Devonian of Scat Craig, Morayshire, Scotland

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 99-141

  Ahlberg, Per Erik ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limb girdles; Limbs; Palaeontology; Vertebrae; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSTEGA; ENTOVALVA; ICHTHYOSTEGA; ILIA; OSTEOLEPIDIDA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031614290     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02526.x     Document Type: Article

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