Redescription of the geologically youngest albanerpetontid (?Lissamphibia): Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter, 1976, from the Miocene of France

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-84

  Gardner, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albanerpetontidae; Dentary; France; Frontal; Maxilla; Miocene; Premaxilla

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; MIOCENE;

FRANCE; LA GRIVE-SAINT-ALBAN;

ALBANERPETON INEXPECTATUM; ALBANERPETONTIDAE; AMPHIBIA; CHRISTIA;

EID: 0033015993     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(99)80008-1     Document Type: Article

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