A complete primitive rhizodont from Australia

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6693, 1998, Pages 569-573

  Johanson, Zerina ^a   Ahlberg, Per E ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA;

PISCES; SARCOPTERYGII;

EID: 0032490916     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29058     Document Type: Article

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