A Miocene selachian fauna from Moghra, Egypt

Historical Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-87

  Cook, Todd D ^a   Murray, Alison M ^a   Simons, Elwyn L ^b   Attia, Yousry S ^c   Chatrath, Prithijit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Ichthyofauna; Moghra; Northern africa; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHARK; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TETHYS;

EGYPT; MATRUH; QATTARA DEPRESSION; WESTERN DESERT;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARIAS; ELASMOBRANCHII; GALEOCERDO; HEMIGALEIDAE; HEMIPRISTIS; INVERTEBRATA; LAMNIDAE; LATES; LATIDAE; MAMMALIA; MOCHOKIDAE; MYLIOBATIDAE; MYLIOBATIS; ODONTASPIDIDAE; OTODONTIDAE; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS; PTEROMYLAEUS; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNIDAE; SYNODONTIS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953103013     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903249329     Document Type: Article

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