Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinoterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Brito, Paulo M ^a   Suárez, Mario E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aspidorhynchidae; Chile; Pisces; Quiriquina Formation; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH;

EID: 14844342435     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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