Morphological diversity and biogeography of procolophonids (Amniota: Parareptilia)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-625

  Cisneros, Juan Carlos ^a   Ruta, Marcello ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral area; Disparity; Dispersal; Morphospace; Phylogeny; Procolophonidae

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMNIOTA; PARAREPTILIA;

EID: 78650131126     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.491986     Document Type: Article

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