First record of Seymouria (Vertebrata: Seymouriamorpha) from Early Permian fissure fills at Richards Spur, Oklahoma

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1257-1266

  Sullivan, Corwin ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

OKLAHOMA; RICHARDS SPUR; UNITED STATES;

SEYMOURIA;

EID: 0033497712     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-035     Document Type: Article

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