Variation in the ilium of North American Bufo (Lissamphibia; Anura) and its implications for species-level identification of fragmentary anuran fossils

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 548-560

  Bever, Gabe S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; ILIA;

EID: 30744476787     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0548:VITION]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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