A new selachian fauna from the lower hornerstown formation (early paleocene/montian) of Monmouth County, New Jersey

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Case, Gerard R ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

New Jersey; Paleocene; Selachians; Tertiary; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; SHARK;

MONMOUTH COUNTY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0005054217     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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