Early tetrapod jaws from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, USA

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Daeschler, Edward B ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; DENSIGNATHUS ROWEI; ENTOVALVA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034098049     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000031504     Document Type: Article

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