Skeletal Morphogenesis of Microbrachis and Hyloplesion (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli), and implications for the developmental patterns of extinct, early tetrapods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  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

AMNION CELL; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EXTINCT SPECIES; FINGER; HYLOPLESION LONGICOSTATUM; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROBRACHIS PELIKANI; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; PALATE; PHYLOGENY; PUBIC BONE; SALAMANDER; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TETRAPOD; AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIMB; SKULL; SPINE;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; BRANCHIOSAURIDAE; LEPOSPONDYLI; SALAMANDROIDEA; TETRAPODA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPINE;

EID: 84939164815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128333     Document Type: Article

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