Rapid braincase evolution between Panderichthys and the earliest tetrapods

Nature

Volumn 381, Issue 6577, 1996, Pages 61-64

  Ahlberg, Per E ^a   Clack, Jennifer A ^b   Lukševičs, Ervins ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Latvian National Museum of Art   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAINCASE; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FISH; PANDERICHTHYS; TETRAPOD;

EID: 0029774210     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/381061a0     Document Type: Article

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