Gnathostome microremains from the Lower Devonian Jawf Formation, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-560

  Burrow, Carole J ^a   Lelièvre, Hervé ^b   Janjou, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Lab de Phys Chimie de la Matiere   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; MORPHOTYPE; PALEONTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC FEATURE; VERTEBRATE;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

GOMPHONCHUS; NOSTOLEPIS; ONYCHODONTIDAE; PRAGIA; PTYCTODONTIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646415080     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[537:GMFTLD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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