Redescription of Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton, 1858 (Acipenseriformes, Chondrosteidae) from the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis (Dorset, England), with comments on the early evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-453

  Hilton, Eric J ^a   Forey, Peter L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinopterygii; Chondrostei; Jurassic; Osteology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETON; SKULL; TELEOST;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ACTINOPTERYGII; CHONDROSTEI; CHONDROSTEIDAE; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH);

EID: 74149084311     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201909002740     Document Type: Article

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