Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic)

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-501

  Underwood, Charlie J ^a   Ward, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathonian; Cotswolds; Dorset; England; Jurassic; Ray; Shark

Indexed keywords

FISH; JURASSIC; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SHARK;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BELEMNOBATIS KERMACKI; BELEMNOBATIS STAHLI; BELLIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DORSEROSCYLLIUM TERRAEFULLONICUM; HETEROPHORCYNUS MICRODON; ORNATOSCYLLIUM FREEMANI; PALAEOBRACHAELURUS MUSSETTI; PALAEOSCYLLIUM TENUIDENS; PARACESTRACION BELLIS; PRAEPROSCYLLIUM OXONIENSIS; PROHETERODONTUS SYLVESTRIS; PROTOSPINAX BILOBATUS; PROTOSPINAX CARVALHOI; PROTOSPINAX MAGNUS; PSEUDONOTIDANIDAE; PSEUDONOTIDANUS SEMIRUGOSUS; SPATHOBATIS DELSATEI; SYNECHODUS DUFFINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542566735     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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