A microsaur from the Mississippian of Illinois and a standard format for morphological characters

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 908-923

  Lombard, R Eric ^a   Bolt, John R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN; TAXONOMY;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

MICROSAURIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033397776     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000040749     Document Type: Article

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