A new a stopod (tetrapoda: Lepospondyli) from mazon Creek, Illinois

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Anderson, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; VERTEBRATE;

UNITED STATES;

AISTOPODA; LEPOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038662002     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[79:ANATLF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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