Cranial morphology of the Silurian sarcopterygian Guiyu oneiros (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes)

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1836-1848

  Qiao, Tuo ^a,b   Zhu, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cranial morphology; homology; Osteichthyes; Sarcopterygii; Silurian

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; OSTEICHTHYES; SARCOPTERYGII; SILURIAN;

BONE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

MORPHOLOGY;

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; FISH; HOMOLOGY; MUSCLE; SILURIAN;

CHINA;

COELACANTHIDAE; ONYCHODUS; OSTEICHTHYES; POROLEPIFORMES; SARCOPTERYGII;

EID: 78649922608     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4089-6     Document Type: Article

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