Review of Vallecillichthys multivertebratum (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes), a Late Cretaceous (early Turonian "Bulldog fish" from northeastern Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-466

  Blanco Piñón, Alberto ^a   Alvarado Ortega, Jesús ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agua Nueva Formation; Ichthyodectiformes; Mexico; Turonian; Vallecillichthys; Vallecillo

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849092534     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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