Protopsephurus liui, a well-preserved primitive paddlefish (acipenseriformes: Polyodontidae) from the lower cretaceous of China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-237

  Grande, Lance ^a   Jin, Fan ^b   Yabumoto, Yoshitaka ^c   Bemis, William E ^d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c Kitakyushu Museum and Institute of Natural History   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

CHINA;

ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ACIPENSEROIDEI; CHONDROSTEIDAE; POLYODON SPATHULA; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982862     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0209:PLAWPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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