Two new iniopterygians (Chondrichthyes) from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana with evidence of a new form of chondrichthyan neurocranium

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 134-151

  Grogan, Eileen D ^a,b   Lund, Richard ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear Gulch Limestone; Chondrichthyes; Iniopterygians; Mississippian; Neurocrania

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; FISH; LIMESTONE; MISSISSIPPIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PALEOZOIC;

BEAR GULCH; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 66149153738     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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