An onychodont fish (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii) from the Early Devonian of China, and the evolution of the Onychodontiformes http://rspb. royalsocietypublishing.org/subscriptions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 293-299

  Lu, Jing ^a,b   Zhu, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Early devonian; Evolution; Feeding mechanism; Onychodonts; Otoccipital; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

FEEDING MECHANISM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRAGIAN; TELEOST; TOOTH;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

COELACANTHIDAE; ONYCHODONTIFORMES; ONYCHODUS; OSTEICHTHYES; PRAGIA; SARCOPTERYGII;

EID: 75749129837     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0708     Document Type: Article

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