Lohest's true and false 'Devonian amphibians': Evidence for the rhynchodipterid lungfish Soederberghia in the Famennian of Belgium

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 276-283

  Clement, Gaël ^a   Boisvert, Catherine A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FAMENNIAN; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745627309     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[276:LTAFDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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