Conodont affinity of the enigmatic Carboniferous chordate Conopiscius

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Dzik, Jirzy ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agnatha; Anaspida; Conodonts; Early Carboniferous; Evolution; Histology; Late Devonian; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

AGNATHA; ANASPIDIFORMES; CLYDAGNATHUS; PROCONODONTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60849086205     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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