Palaeoctopus pelagicus from the Turonian of Mexico reinterpreted as a coelacanth (Sarcopterygian) gular plate

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 689-694

  Schultze, Hans Peter ^a   Fuchs, Dirk ^b   Giersch, Samuel ^c   Ifrim, Christina ^d   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinistia; Coelacanths; Late Cretaceous; North east Mexico; Reinterpretation

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; FISH; LIMESTONE; TURONIAN;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CEPHALOPODA; COELACANTHIDAE; COELACANTHIMORPHA;

EID: 77954049870     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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