First record of an Early Cretaceous shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-511

  Kriwet, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexander Island; Fossil Bluff Group; Synechodontiformes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SHARK; STRATIGRAPHY; TOOTH;

ALEXANDER ISLAND;

CHONDRICHTHYES; NEOSELACHII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347530533     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001627     Document Type: Article

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