Cowralepis, a new genus of phyllolepid fish (Pisces, Placodermi) from the late middle Devonian of New South Wales, Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 126, Issue , 2005, Pages 215-259

  Ritchie, Alexander ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cowralepis; Phyllolepid; Placoderm; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

PISCES; PLACODERMI;

EID: 33745724888     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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