A new stereospondyl from the German Middle Triassic, and the origin of the Metoposauridae

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-113

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Callistomordax; Keuper; Ladininan; Phylogeny; Temnospondyli

Indexed keywords

METOPOSAURIDAE; RILEYMILLERUS; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 38549142355     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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