Vertebrate microremains from the presumed earliest Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-62

  Garvey, Jillian M ^a   Turner, Susan ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthodians; Actinopterygians; Australia; Chondrichthyans; Fish microremains; Tournaisian

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARBONIFEROUS; FISH; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHODES; ACANTHODII; CHONDRICHTHYES; CTENACANTHUS; HYBODONTIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646264304     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510608619344     Document Type: Article

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