Revision of the teeth of the genus Carcharhinus (Elasmobranchii; Carcharhinidae) from the pliocene of Tuscany, Italy

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-95

  Marsili, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcharhinus; Climate change; Elasmobranchii; Fish fauna; Mediterranean sea; Paleoecology; Pliocene; Teeth morphology; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SHARK; TOOTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

CACAJAO; CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARHINUS PEREZI; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 34247587730     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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