A new Lower Permian trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 789-815

  Polley, Brendan P ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Olsoniformes; Tetrapoda; Trematopidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; DISSOROPHOIDEA; TEMNOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 79952775988     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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