Morphometric analysis of skeletal growth in the lepospondyls Microbrachis pelikani and Hyloplesion longicostatum (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1300-1320

  Olori, Jennifer C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84888863870     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.775141     Document Type: Article

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