A new genus of placoderm (Arthrodira: 'Actinolepida') from the lower devonian of Podolia (Ukraine)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-284

  Dupret, Vincent ^a   Goujet, Daniel ^a   Mark Kurik, Elga ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PODOLIA; UKRAINE;

ARTHRODIRA; LEPIDOPHORA; PRAGIA;

EID: 34447103573     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[266:ANGOPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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