An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 865-891

  Huttenlocker, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutheriodontia; Homoplasy; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Scaloposauridae

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; CYNODONTIA; SYNAPSIDA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 70849104238     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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