New Eocene Antarctic chimeroid fish (Holocephali, Chimaeriformes)

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-51

  Kriwet, Jürgen ^a   Gaździcki, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ecology; La Meseta Formation (Eocene); New species; Palaeontology (chimeroid fish)

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FISH; NEW SPECIES;

ANTARCTICA;

CALLORHINCHUS; CHIMAERA; CHIMAERIFORMES; HOLOCEPHALI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344719167     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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