A microanatomical and histological study of the paired fin skeleton of the Devonian sarcopterygian Eusthenopteron foordi

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-153

  Laurin, Michel ^a   Meunier, François J ^a,b   Germain, Damien ^a   Lemoine, Michel ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DEVONIAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FINFISH; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SKELETAL REMAINS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

PANDERICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 33846472967     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[143:AMAHSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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