Skeletal anatomy of the late cretaceous lamniform shark, cretoxyrhina mantelli from the Niobrara Chalk in Kansas

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 642-652

  Shimada, Kenshu ^a,b  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0031314953     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10011014     Document Type: Article

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