The braincase and jaws of Cladodus from the lower carboniferous of Scotland

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-322

  Ginter, Michal ^a   Maisey, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Cladodus; Elasmobranch; Headskeleton; Scotland; Systematics; Tooth

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRANIUM; SHARK; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CLADODUS; CTENACANTHIFORMES; CTENACANTHUS; MIRABILIS;

EID: 33947249765     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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