Captorhinus magnus, a new captorhinid (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma, with new evidence on the homology of the astragalus

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1363-1372

  Kissel, Richard A ^a   Dilkes, David W ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENTAL MATERIALS; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASTRAGALUS; CAPTORHINUS MAGNUS; HOMOLOGY;

EARTH SCIENCES;

DENTITION; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN; REPTILE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036025935     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-040     Document Type: Article

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