Morphometrics of the Late Devonian conodont genus Palmatolepis: Phylogenetic, geographical and ecological contributions of a generic approach

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-72

  Girard, Catherine ^a   Renaud, Sabrina ^a   Feist, Raimund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Latest Frasnian; Ontogeny; Palaeoecology; Palmatolepis

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS;

PALMATOLEPIS;

EID: 34249890519     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.26.1.61     Document Type: Article

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