Description of a new aspidorhynchid fish, belonostomus lamarquensis sp. nov. (halecostomi, aspidorhynchiformes), from the continental Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 81, Issue , 2011, Pages 235-245

  Bogan, Sergio ^a   Taverne, Louis ^b   Agnolin, Federico L ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Box 8 ^*  (Belgium)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Actinopterygii; Allen Formation; Argentina; Aspidorhynchidae; Belonostomus lamarquensis sp. nov; Braincase; Patagonia; Predentary; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ASPIDORHYNCHIDAE; ASPIDORHYNCHIFORMES; BELONOSTOMUS; HALECOSTOMI;

EID: 84864709506     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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