An associated specimen of carcharodon angustidens (chondrichthyes, lamnidae) from the late oligocene of New Zealand, with comments on carcharodon interrelationships

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 730-739

  Gottfried, Michael D ^a   Fordyce, R Ewan ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0035542537     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0730:AASOCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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