Postcranial remains of Baphetes and their bearing on the relationships of the Baphetidae (= Loxommatidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 211-235

  Milner, Angela C ^a   Lindsay, William ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Hind limb; Morphology; Pectoral girdle; Pelvic girdle; Phylogeny; Tetrapod

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0031615541     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02530.x     Document Type: Article

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