New material of Colobomycter pholeter, a small parareptile from the lower permian of Oklahoma

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-684

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKULL;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PHOLETER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54849409707     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[677:NMOCPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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