A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone of Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-412

  Long, John A ^a,b   Choo, Brian ^a,b   Young, Gavin C ^a,b  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinopterygii; Antarctica; Donnrosenia; Howqualepididae; New taxa

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; ORNAMENTATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SILTSTONE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ACTINOPTERYGII; HOWQUALEPIS;

EID: 46049092795     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001144     Document Type: Article

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