The late devonian gogo formation lägerstatte of western australia: Exceptional early vertebrate preservation and diversity

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 255-279

  Long, John A ^a,b   Trinajstic, Kate ^c,d  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Dipnoans; Evolution; Osteichthyans; Placoderms

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LATE DEVONIAN; MACROFOSSILS; NERVE CELLS; PECTORAL FIN; SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY; SOFT TISSUE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIOMINERALIZATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; OCEAN HABITATS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ANATOMY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRANIUM; DEVONIAN; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LAGERSTATTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESERVATION; REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALIA; GOGO; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DIPNOI; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953668380     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152416     Document Type: Article

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