Melanognathus, a primitive dipnoan from the lower devonian of the canadian arctic and the interrelationships of devonian dipnoans

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 781-794

  Schultze, Hans Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0035542538     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0781:MAPDFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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