Triplomystus applegatei, sp. nov. (teleostei: Ellimmichthyiformes), a rare "triple armored herring" from El Espinal quarry (Early Cretaceous), Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Alvarado Ortega, Jesús ^a,b   Ovalles Damián, Ernesto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Secretaría de Medio Ambiente e Historia Natural   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TELEOST;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEOMORPHA; ELLIMMICHTHYIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 42149145218     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[53:TASNTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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