A new large lamniform shark from the uppermost Gearle Siltstone (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous) of Western Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-66

  Siverson, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardabiodon; Cardabiodontidae; Carnarvon; Dwardius; Giralia; Jaw; Lamnids; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FISH; TOOTH;

AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CARDABIODON; CARDABIODON RICKI; CARDABIODONTIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; LAMNIDAE; LAMNIFORMES;

EID: 0033384371     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300002509     Document Type: Article

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