Early loss and multiple return of the lower temporal arcade in diapsid reptiles

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 473-476

  Müller, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; TAXON; TEMPORAL BONE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SKULL;

DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242298129     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0461-0     Document Type: Article

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