Salamander-like development in a seymouriamorph revealed by palaeohistology

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-414

  Sanchez, Sophie ^a   Klembara, Jozef ^b   Castanet, Jacques ^c   Steyer, J Sébastien ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amniota; Discosauriscus; Growth evolution; Salamanders; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY;

AMNIOTE; AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; DEVELOPMENT; DIAPHYSIS; DISCOSAURISCUS; EXTANT SPECIES; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FROG; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; LISSAMPHIBIAN; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEYMOURIAMORPH; SKELETOCHRONOLOGY; TETRAPOD; VERTEBRATE;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DISCOSAURISCUS; GYMNOPHIONA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SEYMOURIAMORPHA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 46949086667     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0159     Document Type: Article

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