Farinichthys gigas, a new albulid fish (teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Paleocene of the Pernambuco-Paraiba Basin, Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 747-758

  Gallo, Valéria ^a   De Figueiredo, Francisco J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BRAZIL; CHAPADA DO ARARIPE; PARAIBA; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALBULA; ALBULIDAE; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURAN; ECHINOIDA; ELOPOMORPHA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PISCES; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644959918     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0747:FGANAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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