A new soecies of Cladocyclus (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the cenomanian of Morocco

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Forey, Peter L ^a   Cavin, Lionel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actimopterygian; Anatomy; New species; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLADOCYCLUS; CLADOCYCLUS GARDNERI; ICHTHYODECTIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 38049141513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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