New fossil Polypteridae from the Cenomanian of Sudan. An evidence of their high diversity in the early Late Cretaceous

Cybium

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-81

  Werner, Christa ^a   Gayet, Mireille ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cenomanian; Cretaceous; Morphology; New taxa; Polypteridae; Sudan; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002373787     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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