The tail of the Ordovician fish Sacabambaspis

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Pradel, Alan ^a   Sansom, Ivan J ^b   Gagnier, Pierre Yves ^a   Cespedes, Ricardo ^c   Janvier, Philippe ^a,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d' Orbigny   (Bolivia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arandaspida; Caudal fin; Ordovician; Vertebrata

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETON; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; ORDOVICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACABAMBASPIS; TAIL;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SACABAMBASPIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65949120717     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0557     Document Type: Article

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