Pronounced Peramorphosis in Lissamphibians-Aviturus exsecratus (Urodela, Cryptobranchidae) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum of Mongolia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Vasilyan, Davit ^a   Böhme, Madelaine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; AVITURUS EXSECRATUS; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; DENTITION; DEVELOPMENT; EOCENE; FEEDING; FEMUR; FOSSIL; LISSAMPHIBIAN; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; PALEOCENE; PERAMORPHOSIS; SALAMANDER; SKULL; URODELA; VERTEBRA; VOMER;

ANIMALS; FEMUR; FOSSILS; MONGOLIA; SKULL; SPINE; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84866538903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040665     Document Type: Article

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