Osmotic tolerance and habitat of early stegocephalians: Indirect evidence from parsimony, taphonomy, palaeobiogeography, physiology and morphology

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 339, Issue , 2010, Pages 151-179

  Laurin, M ^a,b   Soler Gijon R ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DIPNOI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 78651438381     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP339.13     Document Type: Article

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