Comparison of cranial anatomy and proportions of similarly sized Seymouria sanjuanensis and Discosauriscus austriacus

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-49

  Klembara, Jozef ^a   Berman, David S ^b   Henrici, Amy C ^b   Cernanský, Andrej ^a   Werneburg, Ralf ^c  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial anatomy; Discosauriscidae (Discosauriscus); Early Permian; Juveniles; Seymouriidae (Seymouria)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; PERMIAN; SKULL; TETRAPOD;

DISCOSAURISCUS; SEYMOURIA; SEYMOURIAMORPHA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33744535170     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[37:COCAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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