First discovery of a primitive coelacanth fin fills a major gap in the evolution of lobed fins and limbs

Evolution and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-337

  Friedman, Matt ^a   Coates, Michael I ^a,b   Anderson, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMB; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TETRAPOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; LIMB;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FISHES; FOSSILS; NATURAL HISTORY;

COELACANTHIDAE; DIPNOI; PISCES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447641134     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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