Chondrichthyan remains from the Lower Carboniferous of Muhua, southern China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 705-727

  Ginter, Michał ^a   Sun, Yuanlin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; China; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Euchondrocephali; Teeth; Tooth plates; Tournaisian

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FISH; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; TOURNAISIAN;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRACHIOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; EUSELACHII; HOLOCEPHALI; INVERTEBRATA; PETALODONTIFORMES; SIPHONODELLA CRENULATA; THRINACODUS;

EID: 37249074404     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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