A New Cretaceous Osteoglossomorph Fish from Gansu Province, China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-332

  Murray, Alison M ^a   You, Hai Lu ^b   Peng, Cuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c Third Geological and Mineral Exploration Institute of Gansu Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; GANSU;

BRACHYPTERYX; HIODON; OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; PISCES;

EID: 77952279848     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003621961     Document Type: Article

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