The genus Gigantaspis heintz, 1962 (vertebrata, heterostraci) from the lower devonian of Spitsbergen

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-346

  Pernegre, Vincent ^a   Goujet, Daniel ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Protaspididae; Pteraspididae; Pteraspidiformes; Svalbard; Wood Bay Formation

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOTYPE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

HETEROSTRACI; PROTASPIDIDAE; PTERASPIDIDAE; PTERASPIDIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947161653     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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