The early actinopterygian fauna of the Manning Canyon Shale Formation (upper Mississippian, lower Pennsylvanian) of Utah, U.S.A.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 962-980

  Mickle, Kathryn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FAUNA; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MISSISSIPPIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SHARK; VERTEBRATE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AEDUELLIDAE; BOURBONNELLA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PECTINATUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052750245     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.595622     Document Type: Article

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