Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 935-950

  Jenkins Jr , Farish A ^a   Shubin, Neil H ^b   Gatesy, Stephen M ^c   Warren, Anne ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FEEDING; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

EID: 58249112902     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.935     Document Type: Article

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