An elasmobranch assemblage from the terrestrial-marine transitional Lethbridge Coal Zone (Dinosaur Park Formation: Upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 494-503

  Beavan, Neil R ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; COAL SEAM; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; LETHBRIDGE;

ARCHAEOLAMNA KOPINGENSIS; CARCHARIAS STEINERI; CRETORECTOLOBUS OLSONI; EUCROSSORHINUS MICROCUSPIDATUS; ISCHYRHIZA MIRA; ODONTASPIS ACULEATUS; PROTOPLATYRHINA RENAE; PTYCHOTRYGON BLAINENSIS;

EID: 0033136963     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000028006     Document Type: Article

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