Conchodontus, Mitrellataxis and Fungulodus: Conodonts, fish or both?

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-292

  Donoghue, Philip C J ^a,b   Chauffe, Karl M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Agnatha; Apomorphy; Conodonts; Histology; Ichthyoliths; Microornament

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; HISTOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; SCLERITE;

AGNATHA; CONODONTA; ENTOVALVA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032436149     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00518.x     Document Type: Article

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