Dental morphology of the pycnodontid fish † Stemmatodus rhombus (Agassiz 1844) (Neopterygii, †Pycnodontiformes) from the Early Cretaceous, with comments on its systematic position

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Kriwet, Jürgen ^a  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentition; Italy; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; FISH; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

NEOPTERYGII; PYCNODONTE; PYCNODONTIFORMES; STEMMATODUS RHOMBUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344562755     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000560     Document Type: Article

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