The oldest stratigraphic record of the Late Cretaceous shark Ptychodus mortoni Agassiz, from Vallecillo, Nuevo León, northeastern Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Blanco Piñón, Alberto ^a   Garibay Romero, Luis M ^b,c   Alvarado Ortega, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Late Cretaceous; Lower Turonian; Mexico; Ptychodus mortoni; Shark; Vallecillo

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250734055     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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