The first Mesozoic Caribbean shark is from the Turonian of Cuba: Ptychodus cyclodontis sp. nov. (?Neoselachii)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 976-978

  Mutter, Raoul J ^a   Iturralde Vinent, Manuel ^b   Carmona, José Fernández ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^c NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; NEOSELACHII; PTYCHODUS;

EID: 32144462261     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0976:TFMCSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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