Redescription of †paralycoptera wui Chang & Chou, 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from the Early Cretaceous of eastern China

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-106

  Xu, Guang Hui ^a,b   Chang, Mee Mann ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; East Asia; Osteoglossoidei; Osteology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

LYCOPTERIDAE; NOTOPTEROIDEA; OSTEOGLOSSOIDEI; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 69649093943     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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