A new Thai Mesozoic lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) with an insight into post-Palaeozoic dipnoan evolution

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-177

  Cavin, Lionel ^a,d   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b   Buffetaut, Eric ^c   Tong, Haiyan ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Sciences de la Terre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Histology; New taxon; Palaeoecology; Palaeogeography; Phylogeny; Tooth plate

Indexed keywords

DIPNOI; LEPIDOSIRENIDAE; NEOCERATODUS; SARCOPTERYGII;

EID: 33846631985     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00238.x     Document Type: Review

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