The histological structure of the calcified lung of the fossil coelacanth Axelrodichthys araripensis (Actinistia: Mawsoniidae)

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1281-1290

  Brito, Paulo M ^a,b   Meunier, François J ^b   Clément, Gael ^b   Geffard Kuriyama, Didier ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Axelrodichthys; Calcified lung; Fatty lung; Latimeria; Palaeohistology

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY;

BRAZIL;

COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIFORMES; COELACANTHIMORPHA; LATIMERIA;

EID: 78449311051     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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