New data on Ossinodus pueri, a stem tetrapod from the Early Carboniferous of Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 850-862

  Warren, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKULL; TETRAPOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

OSSINODUS; OSSINODUS PUERI; PEDERPES; TETRAPODA; WHATCHEERIA; WHATCHEERIIDAE;

EID: 38149036988     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[850:NDOOPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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