Scale morphology and squamation of the Late Silurian osteichthyan Andreolepis from Gotland, Sweden

Historical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-423

  Chen, Donglei ^a   Janvier, Philippe ^b   Ahlberg, Per E ^a   Blom, Henning ^a  

^a Department of Organismal Biology ^*  (Sweden)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Andreolepis; Late Silurian; morphometrics; Osteichthyan; scale; squamation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SILURIAN;

GOTLAND; SWEDEN;

ANDREOLEPIS; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84864582132     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2012.668187     Document Type: Article

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