Occurrence of the chimaeroid Ischyodus bifurcatus Case in the Cusseta Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of western Georgia and its distribution

We described a Late Cretaceous fish fauna from the Campanian-age Blufftown Formation in western Georgia (Case and Schwimmer, 1988), including 15 selachian taxa and 8 osteichthyans; however, at that time no chimaeras had been found in the region. A well-preserved specimen of Ischyodus bifurcatus Case...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of paleontology 1992-03, Vol.66 (2), p.347-350
Hauptverfasser:	Case, Gerard R., Schwimmer, David R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Campanian age Cretaceous Fauna Fish Freshwater fishes Geology Maastrichtian age Marine New species Paleontological Notes Paleontology
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