The oldest stegocephalian from the Iberian peninsula: Evidence that temnospondyls were euryhaline

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 495-501

  Laurin, Michel ^a,b   Soler Gijón, Rodrigo ^a  

^a Naturhistorisches Forsch Inst M   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Iberian peninsula; Paleoecology; Phylogeny; Stegocephali; Temnospondyli

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EURYHALINE; FOSSIL; LIMB; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEASHORE; SPAIN; STEGOCEPHALIAN; TEMNOSPONDYL; VERTEBRATE;

EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CARBONIFEROUS; STEPHANIA; TEMNOSPONDYLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035017784     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(01)01318-X     Document Type: Article

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