A fossil Chimaeroid from the Gronsveld Member (Late Maastrichtian , Late Cretaceous)of northeast Belgium
The associated fragments of a single male individual of a large chimaeroid fish are described from the Gronsveld Member (LateMaastrichtian, LateCretaceous) of Romontbos Quarry in northeast Belgium. The material includes a complete dorsal fin spine, tooth plate fragments and frontal clasper denticles. The arrangement of the tritors on the tooth plates indicates that the specimen belongs to Edaphodon sp., having closest similarity with E.agassizi and E.ubaghsi. Chimaeroid frontal clasper denticles are figured and described in detail for the first time, with the development of an appropriate term... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1994 |
Schlagwörter: | Cretaceous / Holocene / Chimaeridae / Chondrichthyes / Holocephali |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26605337 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/250973.pdf |