A Late Jurassic freshwater shark assemblage (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-257

  Klug, Stefanie ^d   Tütken, Thomas ^a   Wings, Oliver ^b   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^c   Martin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hybodus sp. cf. H. huangnidanensis; Jiaodontus montaltissimus gen. et sp. nov.; Jiaodontus vedenemus gen. et sp. nov. stable isotopes; Liuhuanggou; Qigu Formation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JURASSIC; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

CHONDRICHTHYES; HYBODONTIFORMES; HYBODUS; WALLAGO ATTU;

EID: 78149408718     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0032-2     Document Type: Article

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