Ordovician fish from the Arabian Peninsula

Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Sansom, Ivan J ^a   Miller, C Giles ^b   Heward, Alan ^c,e   Davies, Neil S ^a,f   Booth, Graham A ^c   Fortey, Richard A ^b   Paris, Florentin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e Petrogas   (Oman)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gondwana palaeocontinent; Oman; Ordovician; Pteraspidomorphs; Sacabambaspis

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; NICHE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

AGNATHA; PTERASPIDOMORPHI; SACABAMBASPIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63249134735     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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