Shark and ray faunas in the Middle and Late Eocene of the Fayum Area, Egypt

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-66

  Underwood, Charlie J ^a   Ward, David J ^b   King, Christopher ^b   Antar, Sameh M ^c   Zalmout, Iyad S ^d   Gingerich, Philip D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Crofton Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Eocene; Palaeoecology; Ray; Shark

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHARK; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT]; NORTH AFRICA;

BARTONIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650794847     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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