Ventilation and the origin of jawed vertebrates: A new mouth

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-404

  Mallatt, Jon ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agnathans; Branchial arches; Elasmobranchs; Gills; Gnathostomes; Holocephalians; Jaws; Lampreys; Ostracoderms; Pharynx; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030504110     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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