Schizorhiza: A unique sawfish paradigm from the Difunta Group, Coahuila, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-24

  Kirkland, James I ^a   Aguillón Martínez, Martha Carolina ^b  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coahuila; Difunta Group; Mexico; Sawfish; Schizorhiza

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044351203     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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