The conodont controversies

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 463-468

  Aldridge, Richard J ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

CONODONT; EVOLUTION; SKELETAL APPARATUS; SYSTEMATICS;

EID: 0030484709     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10048-3     Document Type: Review

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