The palate of Crassigyrinus scoticus, a primitive tetrapod from the lower carboniferous of Scotland

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-64

  Clack, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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