Astraspis - The anatomy and histology of an Ordovician fish

Palaeontology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 625-643

  Sansom, Ivan J ^a   Smith, M Paul ^a   Smith, Moya M ^b   Turner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNATHAN; ANATOMY; ASTRASPIS DESIDERATA; FISH; HISTOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0031459328     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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