Ambedus pusillus, new genus, new species, a small diadectid (Tetrapoda: Diadectomorpha) from the Lower Permian of Ohio, with a consideration of diadectomorph phylogeny

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-212

  Kissel, Richard A ^a,b   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Filed Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambedus; Diadectidae; Diadectomorpha; Dunkard Group; Greene Formation; Herbivory; Permian; Tetrapoda

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; PERMIAN;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DESMATODON; TETRAPODA;

EID: 15444365273     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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