Acanthodian and Actinopterygian fish remains from the Itaituba formation, Late Carboniferous of the Amazon Basin, Brazil, with a note on acanthodian ganoin

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 12, 1999, Pages 728-744

  Richter, Martha ^a   Neis, Pedro Alfredo ^b   Smith, Moya Meredith ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Kings St Thomas Sch of Dent ^*  (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHODES; ACANTHODIDAE; ACTINOPTERYGII; CARBONIFEROUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0005733593     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1999/1999/728     Document Type: Article

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