Assembling the history of the Parareptilia: Phylogeny, diversification, and a new definition of the clade

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-81

  Tsuji, Linda A ^a   Müller, Johannes ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniota; Eureptilia; Evolutionary novelties; Permo Triassic; Phylogenetic definition

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649098496     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200800011     Document Type: Article

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