First record of a chimaeroid fish from the eocene of the southeastern United States

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1219-1221

  Parmley, Dennis ^a   Cicimurri, David J ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FISH;

EID: 27644587061     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[1219:FROACF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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