Oldest coelacanth, from the Early Devonian of Australia

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-446

  Johanson, Zerina ^a   Long, John A ^b   Talent, John A ^a   Janvier, Philippe ^c   Warren, James W ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinistia; Early Devonian; Ghost range; Sarcopterygii

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE STRUCTURE; COELACANTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVONIAN; FISH; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIMORPHA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; PISCES; SARCOPTERYGII; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748655006     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0470     Document Type: Article

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