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A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications

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  • 1. UMR 5143 du CNRS, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) janvier@mnhn.fr and Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD (United Kingdom)
  • 2. UMR 5143 du CNRS, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) gclement@mnhn.fr
  • 3. Département de Biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 (Canada) richard.cloutier@uquar.qc.ca , .

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Janvier, Philippe, Clément, Gaël, Cloutier, Richard (2007): A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications. Geodiversitas 29 (2): 249-268, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5376423

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