Early Devonian (Emsian) vertebrate microremains from the Buchan Group, Victoria, Australia

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 7-26

  Basden, Alison ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthodian; Chondrichthyan; Early Devonian; Emsian; Osteichthyan; Placoderm; Vertebrate microfossil

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ENTOVALVA; GOMPHONCHUS; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 1842454832     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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