The postcranial skeleton, phylogenetic position, and probable lifestyle of the Early Triassic reptile Procolophon trigoniceps

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-556

  deBraga, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

REPTILES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

LIFESTYLE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; TURTLE;

EID: 0042315434     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-082     Document Type: Article

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