Lower jaws, lower tetrapods - A review based on the Devonian genus Acanthostega

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-46

  Ahlberg, Per Erik ^a   Clack, Jennifer A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthostega; Elpistostegids; Lower jaws; Relationships; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346773071     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300002340     Document Type: Review

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