New hybondontoid shark from the permocarboniferous (Gzhelian-Asselian) of Guardia Pisano (Sardinia, Italy)

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-264

  Fischer, Jan ^a   Schneider, Jörg W ^a   Ronchi, Ausonio ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; Hybodontoidea; Italy; Lissodus; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoecology; Sardinia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; SHARK; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

ACANTHODES; CHONDRICHTHYES; HYBODONTOIDEA; LISSODUS; WALLAGO ATTU;

EID: 77952922718     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0019     Document Type: Article

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