The Scottish Carboniferous tetrapod Crassigyrinus scoticus (Lydekker) - Cranial anatomy and relationships

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-142

  Clack, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Crassigyrinus; Naris; Phylogenetic analysis; Tetrapod; Vis an

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRANIAL ANATOMY; CRASSIGYRINUS SCOTICUS; PHYLOGENY; TETRAPOD;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031799989     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300006908     Document Type: Article

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