A new Late Famennian lungfish from New South Wales, Australia, and its bearing on Australian-Asian terrane relations

Alcheringa

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-118

  Johanson, Zerina ^a   Ritchie, Alexander ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adelargo; Biogeography; Dipnoi; Famennian; Hunter Siltstone; New South Wales; North China Block; South China Block

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; DEVONIAN; FAMENNIAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TERRANE;

AUSTRALIA;

ADELARGO SCHULTZEI; DIPNOI;

EID: 0034055399     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510008619527     Document Type: Article

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