A new species of Placidichthys (Halecomorphi: Ionoscopiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Marizal Formation, northeastern Brazil, with a review of the biogeographical distribution of the Ophiopsidae

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 295, Issue , 2008, Pages 145-154

  Brito, Paulo M ^a   Alvarado Ortega, Jesús ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TETHYS;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; TUCANO BASIN;

HALECOMORPHI;

EID: 47349100790     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP295.9     Document Type: Review

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