Review of the enigmatic Eocene shark genus Xiphodolamia (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) and description of a new species recovered from Angola, Iran and Jordan

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Adnet, S ^a   Hosseinzadeh, R ^b   Antunes, M T ^c,d   Balbino, A C ^d,e   Kozlov, V A ^f   Cappetta, H ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Geological Services of Portugal   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^f NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

African plate; Fossil shark; Late Eocene; New species; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SHARK; TOOTH;

ANGOLA; IRAN; JORDAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ENSIS; LAMNIDAE; LAMNIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75449087919     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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