Mandibles of rhizodontids: Anatomy, function and evolution within the tetrapod stem-group

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-276

  Jeffery, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentition; Evolution; Functional morphology; Rhizodontida; Rhizodus; Screbinodus; Stem tetrapod; Strepsodus; Tetrapodomorph

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATOR; TETRAPOD;

CARBONIFEROUS; ENTOVALVA; PISCES; RHIZODONTIDA; RHIZODONTIDAE; RHIZODUS; SARCOPTERYGII; SCREBINODUS; STREPSODUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042623624     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000432     Document Type: Article

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