A new coelacanth from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia)

Paleontological Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-350

  Yabumoto, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a KITAKYUSHU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND HUMAN HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Araripe; Brazil; Coelacanth; Early Cretaceous; Mawsonia; New species; Santana Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL;

COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIMORPHA; LATIMERIA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; SARCOPTERYGII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037207437     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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