Cranial anatomy of ophiderpetontid aïstopods: Palaeozoic limbless amphibians

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-166

  Carroll, Robert L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A stopods; Lepospondyls; Palaeozoic tetrapods

Indexed keywords

AISTOPODA; AMPHIBIA; OESTOCEPHALUS; OSTEOLEPIDIDA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0031622683     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02527.x     Document Type: Article

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