The first Triassic lungfish from South America (Santa Maria Formation, Paraná Basin) and its bearing on geological correlations within Pangaea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 295, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-54

  Richter, M ^a   Toledo, C E V ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KAROO; MADAGASCAR; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 47349130103     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP295.4     Document Type: Article

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