Late devonian (Famennian) lungfishes from the catskill formation of Pennsylvania, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1167-1183

  Friedman, Matt ^a   Daeschler, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catskill Formation; Dipnoi; Famennian; Fauna; Osteichthyes; Sarcopterygii

Indexed keywords

BURROW; DEVONIAN; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TETRAPOD;

DIPNOI; OSTEICHTHYES; RHYNCHODIPTERIDAE; SARCOPTERYGII; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33750620475     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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