Redescription of the pectoral fin and vertebral column of the rhizodontid fish Barameda decipiens from the lower carboniferous of Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-18

  Garvey, Jillian M ^a   Warren, Anne ^a   Johanson, Zerina ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FISH; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BARAMEDA DECIPIENS; CARBONIFEROUS; RHIZODONTIDAE;

EID: 15944385342     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0008:ROTPFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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