Bawitius, gen. nov., a giant polypterid (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Grandstaff, Barbara S ^a   Smith, Joshua B ^b   Lamanna, Matthew C ^c   Lacovara, Kenneth J ^d   Abdel Ghani, Medhat Said ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Egyptian Geological Museum   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; CRETACEOUS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

EGYPT;

ACTINOPTERYGII; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; POLYPTERIDAE; POLYPTERIFORMES; POLYPTERUS;

EID: 84863015167     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.626823     Document Type: Article

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