Latest European coelacanth shows Gondwanan affinities

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-177

  Cavin, Lionel ^a   Forey, Peter L ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b   Tong, Haiyan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Actinistia; Cretaceous; Dispersal; Fossil; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COELACANTH; CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COELACANTHIMORPHA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE;

EID: 25444461707     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0287     Document Type: Article

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