The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Maddin, Hillary C ^a,b   Jenkins, Farish A ^a   Anderson, Jason S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; EOCAECILIA MICROPODIA; ETHMOID BONE; GEROBATRACHUS; GYMNOPHIONA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTORY NERVE FORAMINA; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; RELIABILITY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHIA; CAECILIA; DISSOROPHOIDEA; GYMNOPHIONA; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 84870848840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050743     Document Type: Article

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