The morphology of the terminal phalanges in Permo-Carboniferous synapsids: An evolutionary perspective

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-274

  Maddin, Hillary C ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIRDS; BONE; MORPHOLOGY;

OSTEOLOGICAL FEATURES; PHALANGES; TETRAPODS;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

AMNIOTA; SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 34249669616     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-076     Document Type: Article

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