A new genus and species of basal actinopterygian fish from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 194-210

  Choo, Brian ^a,b   Long, John A ^a,b   Trinajstic, Katherine ^c  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinopterygian; Devonian; Fossil; Gogo Formation

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FISH; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66149099176     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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