A new temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Triassic of Texas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 670-683

  Bolt, John R ^a   Chatterjee, Sankar ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TRIASSIC;

GARZA COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; RILEYMILLERUS; RILEYMILLERUS COSGRIFFI; TEMNOSPONDYLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033853894     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0670:ANTAFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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