Morphological and histological changes of dermal scales during the fish-to-tetrapod transition

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-302

  Witzmann, Florian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early tetrapods; Elpistostegids; Integument Palaeozoic; Scalation

Indexed keywords

BONE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

AMPHIBIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 79958696331     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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