Early Devonian putative gyracanthid acanthodians from eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 897-908

  Burrow, Carole J ^a   Turner, Susan ^b   Desbiens, Sylvain ^c   Miller, Randall F ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c New Brunswick Museum ^*  (Canada)

^d NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS COALS; GERMANY; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; NEW SPECIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH AMERICA; THIN-WALLED;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

DEVONIAN; EIFELIAN; EMSIAN; FISH; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; LOCHKOVIAN; MORPHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; NEW GENUS; PRAGIAN; SANDSTONE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PRAGIA;

EID: 54549100438     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-033     Document Type: Article

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