A neoselachian shark from the non-marine Wessex Formation (Wealden Group: Early Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 457-465

  Sweetman, Steven C ^a   Underwood, Charlie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Cretaceous; Neoselachii; Palaeoscyllium; Shark; Wealden

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOECOLOGY; SHARK; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESSEX; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 33745840220     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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