Euselachian sharks from the Late Carboniferous of the Puertollano basin, Spain: Biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications

Modern Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 137-169

  Soler Gijón, Rodrigo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Euselachii; Palaeoenvironment; Spain; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRTIGRAPHY PALAEOENVIRONMENT; EUSELACHII;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031400516     PISSN: 00267775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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