A juvenile early Carboniferous (Viséan) coelacanth from Rösenbeck (Rhenish Mountains, Germany) with derived postcranial characters

Fossil Record

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Witzmann, Florian ^a   Dorka, Markus ^a   Korn, Dieter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brilon Anticline; Lobed fins; Palaeozoic; Postcranium; Sarcopterygii

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957167028     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.201000004     Document Type: Article

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