A new tooth-plated lungfish from the Middle Devonian of Yunnan, China, and its phylogenetic relationships

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 236-252

  Qiao, Tuo ^a,b   Zhu, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Devonian; Lungfish; Phylogeny; Sinodipterus

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DENTITION; DEVONIAN; FISH; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 66149086425     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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