Review of the fossil record of sturgeons, family Acipenseridae (actinopterygii: acipenseriformes), from North America

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 672-683

  Hilton, Eric J ^a   Grande, Lance ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; OLIGOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER ALBERTENSIS; ACIPENSER ORNATUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ACTINOPTERYGII;

EID: 33746408078     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[672:ROTFRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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