A terrestrial stereospondyl from the Lower Triassic of South Africa: The postcranial skeleton of Lydekkerina huxleyi (Amphibia: Temnospondyli)

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-298

  Pawley, K ^a   Warren, A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lydekkerina; Phylogeny; Postcranial; Stereospondyli; Temnospondyli; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; STEREOSPONDYLI; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 16344371165     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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