Humeral homology and the origin of the tetrapod elbow: A reinterpretation of the enigmatic specimens ANSP 21350 and GSM 104536

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 86, 2011, Pages 17-29

  Ahlberg, Per E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Devonian; Elbow; Elpistostegid; Humerus; Olecranon; Tetrapod

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862984639     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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