Morphology and systematics of the Pennsylvanian amphibian Platyrhinops lyelli (Amphibia: Temnospondyli)

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-295

  Clack, J A ^a   Milner, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibamidae; Carboniferous; dentition; Dissorophoidea; Ohio

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PENNSYLVANIAN; TAXONOMY;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; DISSOROPHOIDEA; PLATYRHINOPS LYELLI; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 79951760435     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691010009023     Document Type: Article

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