A new Palaeocene genus and species of percopsiform (Teleostei: Paracanthopterygii) from the Paskapoo Formation, Smoky Tower, Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-438

  Murray, Alison M ^a,b   Wilson, Mark V H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; LATEOPISCICULUS; NEW GENUS; PALAEOCENE; PASKAPOO FORMATION; PERCOPSIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

CANADA, ALBERTA, SMOKY TOWER;

EID: 0029751789     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-032     Document Type: Article

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