Preliminary observations on the bone microstructure, growth patterns, and life habits of some Triassic temnospondyls from India

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-93

  Mukherjee, Debarati ^a   Ray, Sanghamitra ^a   Sengupta, Dhurjati P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BONE; EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

INDIA;

EID: 77949663630     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724630903409121     Document Type: Article

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