Three new palaeoniscoid fi shes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana (USA) and the relationships of lower actinopterygians;Trois nouveaux poissons palaeoniscoides du calcaire de Bear Gulch (Serpukhovian,Mississippien) du Montana et rapports entre actinopterygiens inferieurs

Geodiversitas

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-668

  Mickle, Kathryn E ^a   Lund, Richard ^b   Grogan, Eileen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear gulch limestone; Carboniferous; Lower actinopterygians; Mississippian; New genera; New species; Palaeoniscoids; Phylogeny; USA

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES;

EID: 70350405292     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2009n3a6     Document Type: Article

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