The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 661-698

  Fröbisch, Jörg ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anomodonts; Arboreality; Permian; Phalangeal formula; Postcranium; Russia; Synapsida; Tetrapoda; Therapsida; Venyukovioidea

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; ANOMODONTIA; SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 79959605916     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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