Review of the Middle Eocene (Lutetian) selachian fauna of Jebal eth Thuleithuwat, east Jordan

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-422

  Mustafa, Hakam A ^a   Zalmout, Iyad S ^b   Smadi, Ahmad A ^c   Nazzal, Jamal ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Eocene; Jordan; Lutetian; Selachii; Tethyan

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LUTETIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SHARK; TAXONOMY;

JORDAN;

CARCHARIAS; CRETOLAMNA; HEXANCHUS; SELACHII; SQUATINA;

EID: 28444452973     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/237/2005/399     Document Type: Article

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