Osteology, variability, and evolution of Metoposaurus, a temnospondyl from the Late Triassic of Poland

Palaeontologia Polonica

Volumn 64, Issue , 2007, Pages 29-139

  Sulej, Tomasz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anatomy; Autecology; Canalization; Locomotion; Metoposauridae; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMPHIBIAN; AUTECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; OSTEOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

METOPOSAURIDAE;

EID: 38649133201     PISSN: 00788562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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