Sigournea multidentata, a new stem tetrapod from the Upper Mississippian of Iowa, USA

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 717-725

  Bolt, John R ^a   Lombard, R Eric ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TETRAPOD;

IOWA; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 33746433451     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[717:SMANST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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