Chondrichthyans from the Arkadelphia Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maastrichtian) of Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 700-716

  Becker, Martin A ^a   Chamberlain Jr , John A ^b   Wolf, George E ^c  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRETACEOUS; EROSION RATE; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; TERTIARY; THERMAL SPRING;

AFRICA; ARKANSAS; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; HOT SPRING COUNTY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

ANTHOZOA; CARCHARIAS; DASYATIS; ECHINOIDA; GALEORHINUS; GINGLYMOSTOMA; ISCHYRHIZA; ISCHYRHIZA MIRA; PTYCHOTRYGON; RAJA; REPTILIA; RHINOBATOS; RHOMBODUS; SCLERORHYNCHUS; SQUALICORAX; SQUATINA;

EID: 33746483262     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[700:CFTAFU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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