A new selachian fauna from the Eutaw Formation (Upper Cretaceous/Early to Middle Santonian) of Chattahoochee County, Georgia

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 261, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 83-102

  Case, G R ^a   Schwimmer, D R ^b   Borodin, P D ^a   Leggett, J J ^a  

^a Columbus State University ^*  (United States)

^b University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Georgia; Selachians; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SANTONIAN;

CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842549102     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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