Fishes and the break-up of Pangaea / edited by L. Cavin, A. Longbottom, and M. Richter.

Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Geological Society, 2008.
Description372 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Fishes, Fossil--Classification.
Pangaea (Supercontinent)

Other author/creatorForey, Peter L.
Other author/creatorCavin, L. (Lionel)
Other author/creatorLongbottom, A. E.
Other author/creatorRichter, Martha.
SeriesGeological Society special publication ; no. 295
Geological Society special publication no. 295. ^A465527
Contents Peter L. Forey / B. Gardiner & A. Longbottom -- Fishes and the break-up of Pangaea : an introduction / L. Cavin, A. Longbottom & M. Richter -- New eugeneodontid sharks from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of western Canada / R.J. Mutter & A.G. Neuman -- The first Triassic lungfish from South America (Santa Maria Formation, Paraná Basin) and its bearing on geological correlations within Pangaea / M. Richter & C.E.V. Toledo -- Diversity and biogeography patterns of late Jurassic neoselachians (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) / J. Kriwet & S. Klug -- The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes and the break-up of Pangaea / G. Arratia -- Hybodont sharks from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kraut Formation of Thailand and hybodont diversity during the early Cretaceous / G. Cuny ... [et al.] -- New occurrence of Mawsonia (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from the early Cretaceous of the Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil / M.S.S. de Carvalho & J.G. Maisey -- A new species of Placidichthys (Halecomorphi: Ionoscopiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Marizal Formation, northeastern Brazil, with a review of the biogeographical distribution of the Ophiopsidae / P.M. Brito & J. Alvarado-Ortega -- Cretaceous characiform fishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) from northern Tethys : description of new material from the Maastrichtian of Provence (southern France) and palaeobiogeographical implications / O. Otero, X. Valentin & G. Garcia -- Palaeobiogeography of Cretaceous bony fishes (Actinistia, Dipnoi and Actinopterygii) / L. Cavin -- Osteoglossomorpha : phylogeny, biogeography, and fossil record and the significance of key African and Chinese fossil taxa / M.V.H. Wilson & A.M. Murray -- Fossil mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy / E.J. Hilton & L. Grande -- Osteoglossomorphs of the marine Lower Eocene of Denmark - with remarks on other Eocene taxa and their importance for palaeobiogeography / N. Bonde -- New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the early Eocene / S.V.T. Young & R.J. Williams -- Fossil Cypriniformes from China and its adjacent areas and their palaeobiogeographical implications / M.-M. Chang & G. Chen -- Can the comparative study of the morphology and histology of the scales of Latimeria menadoensis and L. chalumnae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia, Coelacanthidae) bring new insight on the taxonomy and the biogeography of recent coelacanthids? / F.J. Meunier ... [et al.].
General note"This book began with the desire of the editors to create a publication to honour Dr. Peter Forey in recognition of his great contribution to fish systematics and palaeobiogeography"--p. [1].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008426363
ISBN186239248X
ISBN9781862392489

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