A new genus of ionoscopiform fish (Halecomorphi) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) lithographic limestones of the Tlayúa quarry, Puebla, Mexico

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-175

  Alvarado Ortega, Jesús ^a,b   Espinosa Arrubarrena, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FINFISH; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMESTONE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

HALECOMORPHI; PISCES;

EID: 38549102013     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/04-152.1     Document Type: Article

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