The braincase and palate of the tetrapodomorph sarcopterygian Mandageria fairfaxi: Morphological variability near the fish-tetrapod transition

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-293

  Johanson, Zerina ^a   Ahlberg, Per ^b   Ritchie, Alex ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braincase; Devonian; Eusthenopteron; Mandageria; Otoccipital; Panderichthys; Tristichopteridae

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TETRAPOD;

AUSTRALIA; CANOWINDRA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ENTOVALVA; MANDAGERIA; MANDAGERIA FAIRFAXI; OSTEOLEPIDIDA; PISCES; TETRAPODA; TETRAPODOMORPHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038558201     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00298     Document Type: Article

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