A new microsaur (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian of Richards Spur (Fort Sill), Oklahoma

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-505

  Anderson, Jason S ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TOOTH ENAMEL;

CORONOID TEETH;

EARTH SCIENCES;

MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042816576     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-066     Document Type: Article

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