The furcacaudiformes: A new order of jawless vertebrates with thelodont scales, based on articulated silurian and devonian fossils from Northern Canada

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-29

  Wilson, Mark V H ^a   Caldwell, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0032374450     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011031     Document Type: Article

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