A new phlegethontiid specimen (Lepospondyli, Aistopoda) from the Late Carboniferous of Montceau-les-Mines (Saône-et-Loire, France)

Geodiversitas

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 669-680

  Germain, Damien ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Aistopoda; Amphibia; CT Scan; Lepospondyli; Montceau les mines; Pedicellate teeth; Phlegethontia

Indexed keywords

AISTOPODA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; LEPOSPONDYLI;

EID: 59349093900     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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