A comprehensive study of the skull and dentition of pycnodont fishes

Zitteliana Reihe A: Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn 45, Issue , 2005, Pages 135-188

  Kriwet, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentitions; Dermatocranium; Endocranium; Neopterygii; Phylogeny; Pycnodontiformes; Tooth histology; Visceral skeleton

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FISH; FOSSIL; SKULL;

NEOPTERYGII; PISCES; PYCNODONTIFORMES;

EID: 33645148492     PISSN: 1612412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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