The vertebrates before the Silurian;Les vertébrés avant le Silurien

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 931-950

  Janvier, Philippe ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Craniata; Ordovician; Vertebrata

Indexed keywords

CRANIATA; PALAEOZOIC; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031396935     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6995(97)80217-3     Document Type: Article

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