Skull and brain anatomy of late Carboniferous Sibyrhynchidae (Chondrichthyes, Iniopterygia) from Kansas and Oklahoma (USA);Anatomie du crâne et du cerveau des Sibyrhynchidae (Chondrichthyes, Iniopterygia) du Carbonifère supérieur du Kansas et de l'Oklahoma (USA)

Geodiversitas

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-661

  Pradel, Alan ^a,b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Chondrichthyes; Gnathostomes; Holocephalans; Inio pterygia; Neuro cranium; Paleozoic; Sibyrhynchidae; Synchrotron; USA; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHIMAERIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 79952713296     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2010n4a2     Document Type: Article

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