A new actinopterygian from the Famennian of East Greenland and the interrelationships of Devonian ray-finned fishes

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1186-1204

  Friedman, Matt ^a   Blom, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DEVONIAN; FAMENNIAN; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CHEIROLEPIS; HOWQUALEPIS; MOYTHOMASIA;

EID: 33846125556     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[1186:ANAFTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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