Genetic interpretation of fish swimming trails and calculation of fish-body length in Late Triassic Hengshan, Shaanxi Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-279

  Lu, Zongsheng ^a   Hou, Jianxiang ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Hao, Chaokun ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Calculation of fish body length; Fish swimming trails; Late Triassic; Shaanxi Province

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL FUELS; MORPHOLOGY;

FISHES; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FISH; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 2942547266     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02YD0273     Document Type: Article

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