Peculiar carapace structure of a Triassic chroniosuchian implies evolutionary shift in trunk flexibility

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1697-1708

  Buchwitz, Michael ^a   Voigt, Sebastian ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; HABITAT USE; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

KYRGYZSTAN;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 78651332355     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.521685     Document Type: Article

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