Skull of Grippia longirostris: No contradiction with a diapsid affinity for the ichthyopterygia

Palaeontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Motani, Ryosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AMNIOTA; GRIPPIA; GRIPPIA LONGIROSTRIS; ICHTHYOPTERYGIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034161994     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00115     Document Type: Article

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