The appendicular skeleton of Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1877 (Temnospondyli: Eryopoidea) from the Lower Permian of North America

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 561-580

  Pawley, Kat ^a   Warren, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; FAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON; TETRAPOD;

NORTH AMERICA; PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

DISSOROPHOIDEA; SEYMOURIAMORPHA; TEMNOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33646401528     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[561:TASOEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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