First triassic lungfish from the arabian peninsula

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b,d   Rich, Thomas H ^c,d   Ali, Mohammed A ^e   Al Mufarrih, Yahya A ^e   Matiri, Adel H ^e   Al Masary, Abdu M ^e   Halawani, Mohammed A ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dipnoi; Middle East; Middle Triassic

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; TELEOST; TRIASSIC;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

DIPNOI;

EID: 74549222982     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-098.1     Document Type: Article

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