Dentitions of Late Palaeozoic Orthacanthus species and new species of ?Xenacanthus (Chondrichthyes: Xenacanthiformes) from North America

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 215-266

  Johnson, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Permian; Upper Carboniferous; Xenacanthiformes

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ORTHACANTHUS; ORTHACANTHUS COMPRESSUS; ORTHACANTHUS PLATYPTERNUS; ORTHACANTHUS TEXENSIS; XENACANTHIFORMES; XENACANTHUS; XENACANTHUS OSSIANI; XENACANTHUS SLAUGHTERI;

EID: 0042389359     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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