Apsisaurus witteri from the lower Permian of Texas: Yet another small varanopid synapsid, not a diapsid

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1628-1631

  Reisz, Robert R ^a   Laurin, Michel ^b,c   Marjanović, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

SAURIA; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 77957796758     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501441     Document Type: Article

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