The earliest Tupilakosaurid amphibian with diplospondylous vertebrae from the Late Permian of Southern France

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-30

  Werneburg, Ralf ^a   Steyer, J Sébastien ^b   Sommer, Georg ^a   Gand, Georges ^c   Schneider, Jörg W ^d   Vianey Liaud, Monique ^e  

^a Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; PERMIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREENLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 34047202708     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[26:TETAWD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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