The structure of the sarcopterygian Onychodus jandemarrai n. sp. from Gogo, Western Australia: With a functional interpretation of the skeleton

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-307

  Andrews, Mahala ^a   Long, John ^b,c   Ahlberg, Per ^d,e   Barwick, Richard ^f   Campbell, Ken ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Devonian; Onychodontidae; Sarcopterygians; Skeletal functions

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; SKULL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BROSME BROSME; ONYCHODUS;

EID: 33747426295     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593305000106     Document Type: Article

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