A skate in the lowermost Maastrichtian of Southern Sweden

Palaeontology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 431-445

  Siverson, Mikael ^a   Cappetta, Henri ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Kristianstad Basin; Maastrichtian; Proetmopterus; Rajoid; Skate; Walteraja

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FISH; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; TOOTH;

KRISTIANSTAD BASIN; SWEDEN;

ELASMOBRANCHII; RAJIDAE; WALTERAJA EXIGUA;

EID: 0035013029     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00186     Document Type: Article

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