Developmental patterns and ossification sequence in the Permo-Carboniferous temnospondyl Archegosaurus decheni (Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-17

  Witzmann, Florian ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAAR-NAHE BASIN;

ONCHIODON; SCLEROCEPHALUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33646429226     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[7:DPAOSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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