Occipital spine of Orthacanthus (Xenacanthidae, elasmobranchii): Structure and growth

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-45

  Soler Gijón, Rodrigo ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Elasmobranchii; Growth pattern; Histology; Occipital spine; Orthacanthus; Structure; Xenacanthidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARBONIFEROUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ISURUS; MUSTELUS; NEGAPRION; ORTHACANTHUS; ORTHOCANTHUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; SHARK; SPINE;

ANIMALS; SHARKS; SPINE;

EID: 0033215080     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199910)242:1<1::AID-JMOR2>3.3.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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