A new Wuttagoonaspid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan (South China): Origin, dispersal, and paleobiogeographic significance

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-20

  Dupret, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; DISPERSAL; FISH; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ARTHRODIRA; PLACODERMI; PRAGIA; VERTEBRATA; WUTTAGOONASPIS;

EID: 42149149268     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[12:ANWPAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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