Phyllolepid placoderm fish remains from the Devonian Aztec Siltstone, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-408

  Young, Gavin C ^a   Long, John A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austrophyllolepis; Continental vertebrate dispersal; East Gondwana; Frasnian Famennian extinction; New species; Placolepis

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FISH;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND; WORLD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 24644513948     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410200500283X     Document Type: Article

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