A new tristichopterid (Osteolepiformes: Sarcopterygii) from the Mandagery Sandstone (Late Devonian, Famennian) near Canowindra, NSW, Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-68

  Johanson, Zerina ^a,b   Ahlberg, Per Erik ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Devonian; Eusthenodon; Eusthenopteron; Mandageria; Relationships

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EUSTHENODON; EUSTHENOPTERON; FISH; MANDAGERIA FAIRFAXI; TRISTICHOPTERIDAE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, CANOWINDRA;

EID: 0030830796     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300002303     Document Type: Article

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