The epipterygoid of crocodyliforms and its significance for the evolution of the orbitotemporal region of Eusuchians

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 715-733

  Holliday, Casey M ^a,b,c   Witmer, Lawrence M ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CROCODILIAN; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLIFORMES; EUSUCHIA; GONIOPHOLIS; LEIDYOSUCHUS; MESOEUCROCODYLIA;

EID: 77749270428     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0330     Document Type: Article

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