A new baphetid (sten tetrapod) from the Upper Carboniferous of Tyne and Wear, U.K., and the evolution of the tetrapod occiput

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-498

  Clack, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BONE; GENES;

EMBAYMENTS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CARBONIFEROUS; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TETRAPOD; WESTPHALIAN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041814673     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-065     Document Type: Article

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