Soft anatomy and the affinities of conodonts

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 317-328

  Pridmore, Peter A ^a   Barwick, Richard E ^a   Nicoll, Robert S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conodont affinities; Conodont anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

CLADISTICS; CONODONT; PHYLOGENY; SOFT TISSUE ANATOMY;

EID: 0030391022     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01667.x     Document Type: Article

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