The phyllolepid placoderm Cowralepis mclachlani: Insights into the evolution of feeding mechanisms in jawed vertebrates

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 775-804

  Carr, Robert K ^a   Johanson, Zerina ^b   Ritchie, Alex ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Functional morphology; Gnathostomata; Systematics; Visceral skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THELAZIA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GNATHOSTOMA; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

ARTHRODIRA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); PLACODERMI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67651009691     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10719     Document Type: Article

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