Discussion on ecology of earliest reptiles inferred from basal Pennsylvanian trackways

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 983-987

  Keighley, David G ^a   Calder, John H ^b   Park, Adrian F ^a   Pickerill, Ronald K ^a   Waldron, John W F ^c   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^d   Benton, Mike J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA;

EID: 51949083289     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-045     Document Type: Note

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