Famennian chondrichthyans from the shelves of North Gondwana

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-215

  Ginter, Michal ^a   Hairapetian, Vachik ^b   Klug, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Dentition; Famennian; North Gondwana; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DENTITION; FAMENNIAN; GONDWANA; NEW TAXON; PALEOECOLOGY; SHARK; TOOTH;

IRAN; MOROCCO;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DEIHIM MANSUREAE; PHOEBODUS DEPRESSUS; PHOEBODUS GOTHICUS; PROTACRODUS SERRA;

EID: 0010248470     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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