The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-82

  Dupret, Vincent ^a   Zhu, Min ^a   Wang, Jun Qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Actinolepidoidei; Early Devonian; Palaeobiogeography; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODIRA; PLACODERMI; PRAGIA; WUTTAGOONASPIS;

EID: 69549116797     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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