First unequivocal record of the hybodont shark egg capsule Palaeoxyris in the Mesozoic of North America

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-344

  Fischer, Jan ^a   Axsmith, Brian J ^b   Ash, Sidney R ^c  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Chlnle Formation; Hybodontoidea; Late Triassic; Lonchidion; Norian; Palaeoxyris; Shark egg capsule; Spawning grounds

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; EGG; FLOODPLAIN; MESOZOIC; NEW RECORD; SHARK; SPAWNING;

ARIZONA; PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954813428     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0028     Document Type: Article

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