A possible 'elpistostegalid' fish from the Devonian of Gondwana

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 184-193

  Long, John A ^a,b,c   Holland, Timothy ^a,c  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Elpistostegalia; Middle Devonian; Sarcopterygii; Tetrapod origin

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEVONIAN; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ELPISTOSTEGALIA; PISCES; SARCOPTERYGII; TETRAPODA;

EID: 55349134198     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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