First record of a pachycormid fish (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the lower cretaceous of Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1033-1038

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NEW RECORD; TELEOST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; PACHYCORMIFORMES;

EID: 38149104480     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1033:FROAPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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