A vertebrate fauna from the Middle Devonian Yahatinda Formation of Southwestern Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-132

  Elliott, David K ^a   Dineley, David L ^b   Johnson, Heidemarie G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEVONIAN; FISH; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0033974599     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000031309     Document Type: Article

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