A review of Silvanerpeton miripedes, a stem amniote from the Lower Carboniferous of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-63

  Ruta, Marcello ^a   Clack, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthracosaurs; Basal stem amniotes; Phylogeny; Postcranium; Skull

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; VERTEBRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOTHIAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMNIOTA;

EID: 33846223463     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593306000034     Document Type: Review

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