Can the comparative study of the morphology and histology of the scales of Latimeria menadoensis and L. chalumnae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia, Coelacanthidae) bring new insight on the taxonomy and the biogeography of recent coelacanthids?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 295, Issue , 2008, Pages 351-360

  Meunier, François J ^a,b   Erdmann, Mark V ^c   Fermon, Yves ^a   Caldwell, Roy L ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Conservation International Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIMORPHA; LATIMERIA MENADOENSIS; ODONTODES; SARCOPTERYGII; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 47349094020     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP295.17     Document Type: Article

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