Orthacanthus meridionalis, a new xenacanth shark (Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Puertollano basin, Spain

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-169

  Soler Gijón, Rodrigo ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; NEW SPECIES; RECONSTRUCTION; SHARK;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; PUERTOLLANO; SPAIN;

EID: 0001056823     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/204/1997/141     Document Type: Article

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