A thelodont from the Ordovician of Canada

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 867-870

  Sansom, Ivan J ^a   Elliott, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; ORDOVICIAN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 13344280392     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0867:ATFTOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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