A new Early Cretaceous lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-290

  Kriwet, Jürgen ^a   Klug, Stefanie ^a   Canudo, José I ^b   Cuenca Bescos, Gloria ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eoptolamna; Eoptolamnidae; Leptostyrax; Morphology; Plesiomorphic condition; Protolamna

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIFORMES; NEOSELACHII;

EID: 52949141430     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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