Styloichthys as the oldest coelacanth: Implications for early osteichthyan interrelationships

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-343

  Friedman, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinistia; Devonian; Lochkovian; Phylogeny; Sarcopterygii; Xitun Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DEVONIAN; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIMORPHA; LIGULALEPIS; SARCOPTERYGII; TETRAPODA;

EID: 43249121191     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002052     Document Type: Review

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