Isolated scales of a coelacanth (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from the Upper Jurassic of SW Madagascar;Schuppenreste von Quastenflossern (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Sudwest-Madagaskar

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-473

  Bürgin, Toni ^a   Appert, Otto ^a  

^a Naturmuseum ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coelacanth scales; Madagascar; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

FISH; FRESHWATER; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

MADAGASCAR;

COELACANTHIMORPHA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; OSTEICHTHYES; PENICILLATA; SARCOPTERYGII; UNDINA;

EID: 0342804460     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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