Description and systematic relationships of †Tomognathus, an enigmatic fish from the English Chalk

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-184

  Forey, Peter L ^a   Patterson, Colin ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amioidea; Anatomy; Halecomorphi; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

HALECOMORPHI;

EID: 33750207498     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201905001719     Document Type: Article

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