Conodont anatomy, chordate phylogeny and vertebrate classification

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-219

  Donoghue, Philip C J ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^b   Aldridge, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agnatha; Anatomy; Chordates; Cladistic analysis; Conodonts; Craniates; Palaeobiology; Phylogeny; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

AGNATHA; CHORDATA; CONODONTA; HAGFISH; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032439302     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00509.x     Document Type: Article

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