Computed tomography of an Anolis lizard in Dominican amber: Systematic taphonomic, biogeographic, and evolutionary implications

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Polcyn, Michael J ^a   Rogers II, Jack V ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu ^b   Jacobs, Louis L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Katsuyama   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amber; Anolis; Biogeography; Computed tomography; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CHLOROCYANUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 3042725098     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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