A Jurassic fish from Antartica. American Museum novitates

17 p. : ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17). "The first Mesozoic actinopterygian fishes from Antarctica were discovered in lacustrine interbeds within the Lower Jurassic Kirkpatrick Basalt, in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land. Except for an enigmatic patch of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-, Elliot, David H.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History 1972
Subjects:
Oreochima ellioti
Fishes
Fossil > Antarctica > Victoria Land
Paleontology > Jurassic > Antarctica > Victoria Land
Paleontology > Antarctica > Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Transantarctic Mountains
Antarc*
Antarctica
antartic*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2702
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Summary:17 p. : ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17). "The first Mesozoic actinopterygian fishes from Antarctica were discovered in lacustrine interbeds within the Lower Jurassic Kirkpatrick Basalt, in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land. Except for an enigmatic patch of scales, all the specimens collected are assigned to a new genus and species, Oreochima ellioti, which is placed in the pholidophoriform family Archaeomaenidae. Prior to this discovery, the archaeomaenids were known only from Lower Jurassic continental deposits of Australia"--P. [1].

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