The Permotriassic branchiosaurid Tungussogyrinus Efremov, 1939 (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from Siberia restudied

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-120

  Werneburg, Ralf ^a  

^a Naturhistorisches Mus Schloss Berth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lissamphibia; Morphology; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoecology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953622240     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200900001     Document Type: Article

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