Siluro-Devonian vertebrate biostratigraphy and biogeography of China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 4-26

  Zhao, Wen Jin ^a   Zhu, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; China; Early vertebrates; Siluro Devonian

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; SILURIAN; VERTEBRATE;

CHINA;

GALEASPIDIFORMES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953265090     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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