The first articulated skeleton of dendrerpeton acadianum (temnospondyli, dendrerpetontidae) from the lower pennsylvanian locality of Joggins, Nova Scotia, and a review of its relationships

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-79

  Holmes, Robert B ^a   Carroll, Robert L ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032362035     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011034     Document Type: Article

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